In previous years, Gilbert Achermann served as Chairman and Co-CEO of the Vitra Group, a family-owned furniture and retail company; Chairman of the Siegfried Group, a listed pharma service company, and Vice Chairman of the Moser Group, a privately owned luxury watchmaking company. From 2002 to 2010, he was CEO of Straumann, which he joined as CFO in 1998. He started his professional life at UBS in Investment Banking in 1988.

Qualifications:

• Executive MBA from IMD; Bachelor’s degree from the University of Applied Science (HWV) in St. Gallen.

Petra Rumpf joined Straumann in 2015 as Executive Vice President, Head Instradent Management & Strategic Alliances and moved into her current role in 2017. Before joining Straumann, she worked for Nobel Biocare from 2007 to 2014, where she served on the Executive Committee and was responsible for Corporate Development and M&A, global e-commerce, clinical training & education, and distributor business development. During her last three years at Nobel Biocare, she was also responsible for Alpha-Bio Tec. She also managed the successful initiation of the Foundation for Oral Rehabilitation (FOR), which is globally active in science, education and humanity. Previously, she spent 16 years at Capgemini Consulting, where she became Vice President Strategy & Transformation Consulting.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Trier University; MBA from Clark University, USA.

Charlotte Stilwell is a specialist prosthodontist in private practice in Harley Street, London, and a senior lecturer at University of Geneva. She trained at the Royal Dental College in Copenhagen, Denmark and has held part-time lecturer posts at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Charlotte Stilwell is currently president of the ITI International Team for Implantology and a member of the ITI Board of Directors. Charlotte is a founder member of WIN (Women Implantology Network).