New management members for Victorinox

Three new members of the Executive Board strengthen the management of the globally active family-owned company Victorinox AG. Patrik Hauert started as Chief Sales Officer at the beginning of February 2022 and heads the global sales organization. A native of Switzerland, he holds a degree in Business Administration and an Executive MBA. Hauert began his career at KPMG and subsequently gained global leadership experience at Swarovski. Most recently, he was Chief Sales Officer and member of the Executive Board at Stöckli Swiss Sports AG. In his role as Chief Sales Officer at Victorinox, he is now responsible for global sales and manages the sales subsidiaries abroad. The Victorinox product range is available at points of sale in more than 120 countries worldwide. The Victorinox brand world can be experienced in shop-in-shops and more than 50 company-owned retail stores in attractive locations such as Zurich, Berlin, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Since 2019, the presence has also been continuously expanded in parallel by means of a franchise concept. The focus continues to be on digitization and the expansion of digital channels.

Succession in the Supply Chain division settled

Michela Argirò has taken over the Supply Chain division as a member of the Executive Board in mid-November 2021 as part of a succession plan. Michela Argirò was previously Head of Supply Chain Europe at the American group Sherwin Williams for ten years. She has extensive international experience and proven expertise in supply chain management. During her career, she has acquired extensive knowledge in the areas of strategic business planning, logistics and distribution, and customer service in the B2C sector. Her profile is rounded off with experience in complex transformation projects to optimize customer satisfaction and operational costs. The supply chain area includes the operational business of the Victorinox distribution center in Seewen (Canton of Schwyz), which will start operations in the fall of 2020 and from where more than 40 million products can be shipped annually at good capacity utilization.

Newly created "Transformation & Technology" unit

Finally, Kilian Eyholzer has headed the newly created Transformation & Technology unit since the beginning of the year, which covers the topics of innovation management, business services & applications, project and process management, data and BI, and IT. Kilian Eyholzer joined Victorinox in 2014 after working in management consulting, the travel industry and e-commerce. As Global Head of E-Commerce, he and his team successfully built up the digital channels and online business at Victorinox. From September 2020, Kilian Eyholzer headed the then newly established Digital Business Transformation department, which was merged with Global IT and Data Management as of January 1, 2022. Eyholzer holds an MBA in Business Administration and a PhD in Business Informatics from the University of Bern as well as broad practical knowledge in the areas of eCommerce, digitalization, business development and project management.

New Executive Board members: "Successfully shaping the future".

Carl Elsener, CEO of Victorinox AG, is looking forward to working with the new members of the Executive Board. "I am convinced that they will be able to bring their extensive know-how to Victorinox in a profitable way. With their broad experience, they will help to actively and successfully shape the future of the company."

Source: Victorinox AG