Dr. Michael Jacobi
Board of Director
Business Management
Hilti Pvt. Ltd
Liechtenstein
Biography
Michael Jacobi (born 1953; re-elected until the 2019 Annual General Meeting) was elected to the Board of Directors in 2007. He studied business economics at the University of St. Gallen and at the University of Washington, Seattle, and earned his doctorate from St. Gallen in 1979. From 1978 until 2007 he held various financial management positions in Brazil, the USA and Switzerland at Ciba-Geigy AG and, later, Ciba Specialty Chemicals Inc., Basel. He was the company’s Global Chief Financial Officer from 1996 until 2007. Today Michael Jacobi is an independent corporate consultant. Since 2003, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Sonova Holding AG, Stäfa, and, since December 2008, a Trustee of the Martin Hilti Family Trust. He was named to the Board of Directors of Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Allschwil, in 2009.
Research Interest
Business Management
