{"id":10854,"date":"2019-07-30T07:10:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T07:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sonova.com\/australia\/people\/192\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:51:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T12:51:46","slug":"192","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.sonova.com\/australia\/people\/192\/","title":{"rendered":"Beat Hess"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beat Hess (born 1949, Swiss citizen) has been Vice Chairman and a non-executive member of the Board of Sonova Holding AG since June 19, 2012. He serves on the Nomination and Compensation Committee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 1988 to 2003, he served as General Counsel of ABB Group and, from 2003 to 2011, as Group Legal Director and member of the Group Executive Committee of Royal Dutch Shell plc.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With his broad international and legal experience, including in the areas of compensation, corporate governance, compliance and risk management, Dr. Beat Hess adds substantial insight into these topics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beat Hess studied at the Universities of Geneva, Freiburg, and Miami, is an attorney-at-law and holds a doctorate in Law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Outside mandates:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Member of the Board of Directors of Nestl\u00e9 S.A.<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Chairman of the Board of LafargeHolcim Ltd. (since May 2016; previously Vice Chairman)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meeting attendance during the financial year 2019\/20<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Board of Directors: 5 out of 5 meetings attended<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Board of Directors calls: 3 out of 4 calls attended<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Nomination and Compensation Committee: 4 out of 4 meetings attended<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Nomination and Compensation Committee calls: 2 out of 2 attended<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Holdings as per 31.03.2020<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Shares: 5,047<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">Restricted Shares<sup>1)<\/sup>: 6,192<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"so-rich-text__footer wp-block-paragraph\">1) These shares are subject to a restriction period which varies from June 1, 2020 to June 1, 2025 depending on the grant date. For further details see also Note 7.4 in the consolidated financial statements.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography Beat Hess (born 1949, Swiss citizen) has been Vice Chairman and a non-executive member of the Board of Sonova Holding AG since June 19, 2012. He serves on the Nomination and Compensation Committee. 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