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What is ProgressNow!?
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The board of directors
Dr. Robert Straub, Chairman of the Board, (Swiss citizen) studied economics at the Universities of Zurich and Fribourg (Switzerland). After a ten-year career in business he spent the next twenty years working for the Finance Department of the Canton of Zurich. In 1995 he set up an independent financial consultancy. Robert Straub is a board member of Belimo Automation AG and the cooperative Urbanis - Finanzierungsgemeinschaft Schweiz. Städte. A detailed description of his training and professional career can be found in the Corporate Governance part of the annual report at http://www.progressnow.com/progressnow/geschaeftsberichte.htm.
Rolf Kaelin, Vice Chairman of the Board, (Swiss citizen) has a commercial education (KV) and completed the Advanced Management Program of The Wharton Business School (Philadelphia). He has more than 20 years of international experience in investment banking and asset management. Among other things, he has been employed by Bank Leu, Credit Suisse, Dresdner Bank and the Liechtenstein Global Trust Group. In September 1998, he founded Kaelin Management AG. Rolf Kaelin is director of ProgressNow! advisers AG and Kaelin Management AG. In addition, Rolf Kaelin serves on the board of the ProgressNow! portfolio company Velico Medical Inc. A detailed description of his training and professional career can be found in the Corporate Governance part of the annual report at http://www.progressnow.com/progressnow/geschaeftsberichte.htm.
René Haeusler (Swiss citizen) graduated from the University of Zurich in 1984 with a Master's degree in history, political science and economy. Between 1988 and 1994 he worked for Bank Sogenal in Zurich and the Society of Physicians (Ärztegesellschaft) of the Canton of Zurich. Since 1995, René Haeusler is self employed and until the end of 1999, he was a frequent guest lecturer at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Today he is mainly active in the investor relations presentation business. He is chairman of Bowl Construction AG, L'Avenir Finanz AG, Lafina Investment AG and Lawewa International Ltd. In addition he is the sole director and CEO of Theracon AG, vice chairman of Sempre-Automaten AG and a board member of the ThaiSwiss SME Industrial Center in Pranburi. A detailed description of his training and professional career can be found in the Corporate Governance part of the annual report at http://www.progressnow.com/progressnow/geschaeftsberichte.htm.
Administration
Bettina S. Steffen, General Manager, (Swiss citizen) is a Certified Swiss Banker with more than 15 years of international banking experience. From 1990 to 1996 she headed the Swiss representative office of Manufacturers Hanover Trust New York and, after its merger with Chemical Bank, of Chemical Bank. In 1996 Bettina Steffen joined Liechtenstein Global Trust Zurich and since 1998 has been employed by Kaelin Management AG. In addition to her employment with Kaelin Management AG Bettina Steffen is responsible for the administrative management of ProgressNow! advisers AG. A detailed description of hers training and professional career can be found in the Corporate Governance part of the annual report at http://www.progressnow.com/progressnow/geschaeftsberichte.htm.
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