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Position: Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Ciba Specialty Chemicals
Nationality: Swiss
Date of Birth: July 25 1949
Degree: Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Switzerland
Other
Memberships:
Member of the Board Zurich Financial Services Zurich Switzerland
Member of the Board CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council)
Brussels Belgium
Member Foundation Board IMD - International Institute for Management
Development Lausanne Switzerland
Career:
Armin Meyer became Chairman of the Board of Ciba Specialty Chemicals in Autumn 2000. Starting
January 1 2001 he in addition took over as Chief Executive Officer. Armin Meyer has been a Member of
the Board of the Company since its spin-off in 1997.
Previously Armin Meyer was Head of the global Building Technologies Segment of ABB Ltd. As of 1995 he
was a member of the Executive Committee of ABB a global technology Group.
Armin Meyer started his career in 1976 when he joined the former Brown Boveri Ltd. (BBC) as development
engineer. In 1980 he became Head of Research and Development for industrial motors and took over as
Head of the international business unit for electrical power generators in 1984. Further steps included the
presidency of ABB Drives Ltd. as well as of ABB Power Generation Ltd. In 1995 he became Head of the
Power Generation Segment. In 1998 he took over as Head of the Building Technologies Segment.
Armin Meyer born 1949 in Zurich Switzerland holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich.
In addition to his responsibilities at ABB Armin Meyer was also Professor for Electrical Engineering and Drives
at ETH Zurich for 12 years. | 