Bühler Group: Board of Directors Elects New Member

Uzwil / CH. (bg) At the extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting on August 28, 2020, the shareholders of Swiss Bühler AG elected Stefan Scheiber unanimously as a new member of the Board of Directors of Bühler Holding AG with immediate effect. Scheiber (54) is a Swiss national, married, and lives with his family in Wil SG, Switzerland. Scheiber started his career at Bühler in 1986 and has spent more than 30 years with the company in different functions. From 1988, he has worked in various international management positions worldwide, including East and South Africa, Eastern Europe, and Germany.

In 1999, he took charge of the Brewing/Malting and Rice business units and thereafter, assumed overall responsibility for Bühler in Germany. From mid-2005, Stefan Scheiber headed the Sales + Services division as a Member of the Executive Board. In 2009, he was assigned Division Manager of the Engineered Products Division which he reorganized into the Food Processing and the Advanced Material divisions. He led the Food Processing division as of 2009. In 2014, he integrated the Food Processing and the Grain Processing divisions, creating the Grains + Food business, which he led until 2016. Scheiber was appointed CEO of the Group on July 01, 2016. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Kistler Group and a Member of the Executive Committee of Swissmem.

Ruth Metzler-Arnold will resign in 2021

Ruth Metzler-Arnold announced she will resign from her assignments as a Member of the Board of Directors and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of Bühler Group with effect by the ordinary general shareholders’ meeting on February 11, 2021. She has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Bühler since 2011 and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee for the last six and a half years. Rainer E. Schulz, Member of the Board of Directors, shall succeed Ruth Metzler-Arnold as the new Chairman of the Audit Committee. The shareholders as well as the Members of the Board of Directors express their sincere thanks to both, Ruth Metzler-Arnold as well as Stefan Scheiber for their long-time commitment and dedication to Bühler, and wish them all the very best.