Geoffery Merszei
Member
Finance
Oerlikon
Switzerland
Biography
Geoffery Merszei was elected to the Board of Directors at the 2017 Annual General Meeting. Mr. Merszei is Chairman and Chief Executive of Zolenza AG, an investment and advisory firm based in Zug, Switzerland. He brings with him over 40 years of experience in corporate governance and finance. For over 30 years, Mr. Merszei served in a number of senior management positions at The Dow Chemical Company, the last being Executive Vice President (EVP) of The Dow Chemical Company, President of Dow EMEA and Chairman of Dow Europe before retiring in 2013. From 2001 to 2005, Mr. Merszei left Dow to be the EVP and CFO of Alcan Inc., and returned to Dow in 2005 as EVP, CFO and a member of the Board of Directors of The Dow Chemical Company. Mr. Merszei previously served as a Board member of the Chemical Financial Corporation and Chemical Bank and the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Merszei holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Albion College, Michigan, USA.
Research Interest
Financial Management
