Benjamin Loh

Chairman of the Board

Born 1963, Singaporean citizen

Benjamin Loh has extensive experience in the electronics and semiconductor industries, having held various board and executive positions throughout his career. Most recently, he served as Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO for ASM International, as well as a non-executive director of ASMPT. 

Earlier in his career, Benjamin Loh held non-executive director positions at Schneeberger, Schweiter Technologies AG, and Liteq BV. He also served as a senior vice president at Oerlikon Corporations and Veeco Instruments, where he was later promoted to executive vice president. At FEI, he held various positions and ultimately served as Chief Operating Officer. He later served as Executive Vice President and member of the Group Management Board at VAT Vacuum Valves, where he led worldwide sales and marketing. Additionally, he served as an advisory board member of Semi China.

Benjamin Loh holds a degree in electronic engineering from the Tohoku University in Japan.

Patrick Jany

Vice President of the Board

Born 1968, Swiss and German citizen

Patrick Jany is CFO at A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S since May 2020, prior to which he was CFO and member of the Executive Committee at Clariant since 2006. He has held various financial positions at Clariant since 1995, including Head of Controlling for the Pigments & Additives Division, Regional Manager for Asia and Mexico, and Head of Finance, Human Resources, IT, and Legal.

As Head of Group Development, he shaped strategic development and M&A activities.

Patrick Jany completed his studies in Business Administration at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP).

Edeltraud Leibrock

Member of the Board

Born 1965, German Citizen

Dr. Edeltraud Leibrock is Managing Partner of Publicis Sapient, a Munich-based consultancy, which focuses on digital business transformation.
 
She started her career in 2000 at Boston Consulting Group in Munich, where she supported strategy, IT, and digitalization projects of established companies in Europe and Asia. In 2009, she moved to Bayerische Landesbank in Munich as Group CIO and Executive Vice President, then joined KfW Bankengruppe in Frankfurt am Main in 2011 as COO and member of the Executive Board. In 2016, she founded and became Managing Partner of Connected Innovations GmbH in Hamburg, a specialist consultancy focused on artificial intelligence and automation.

After studying mathematics, biology and physics at the University of Regensburg, Dr. Leibrock received her doctorate in natural sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) from Hamburg University of Technology.

Irene Lee

Member of the Board

Born 1960, Singaporean citizen

Irene Lee has many years of experience in the technology industry and has held leadership positions at numerous semiconductor-related technology companies, including Seagate Technology International and Kulicke & Soffa.

Last year, she was also elected as a director of Key Point (Singapore) Pte Ltd. As a Director of JEP Holdings Pte Ltd since 2019. Irene Lee currently chairs the Nomination Committee and also
serves on various committees, namely the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

She holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Leeds and an Executive MBA from Harvard Business School, in addition to a diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Singapore Polytechnic.

Anna Peter

Member of the Board

Born 1983, Swiss citizen

Anna Peter is a partner and member of the corporate/M&A practice team at Homburger in Zurich, Switzerland, with a focus on corporate governance and executive compensation matters.

She became a partner at Homburger in 2024, having previously worked as an associate with the firm since 2014. In 2016, she was a foreign associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in New York. Earlier, she gained experience as a trainee at SIX Exchange Regulation. She was admitted to the bar in 2012.

Anna Peter studied law at the University of Zurich, received a doctorate in capital markets law and holds an LL.M. from New York University School of Law.

Mads Joergensen

Member of the Board

Born 1969, Swiss and Danish citizen 

Mads Joergensen serves as Group CFO of the Georg Fischer Corporation and is a member of the Corporate Executive Committee. 

He has held this position since April 2019. Previously, he served as Chief Financial Officer of GF Piping Systems from 2009 to 2019 and as Head of Strategic Planning of GF Piping Systems from 2003 to 2009. 

Earlier in his career, he was Associate Director (M&A) at Ernst & Young AG, Corporate Finance, in Zurich. He also held finance and investment roles at The Fantastic Corporation in Zug and Gate Gourmet International in Zurich. 

He holds a Bachelor in Economics and Business Administration from Aarhus Business School in Denmark, a Master in Economics & Business Administration from Copenhagen Business School, and an MBA of the University of Washington in Seattle, pursued Risk & Restructuring / Advanced Corporate Finance studies at London Business School and completed the International Directors Programme at INSEAD in France.