Hans Ziegler is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swisslog Holding AG. He earned a degree as a business economist (KSZ) and undertook postgraduate studies in business administration and information technology at TCU Dallas-Fort Worth, USA. After holding a number of positions, including CFO/Controller at Alcon Pharmaceuticals Cham/Fort Worth, USA, and CFO of Usego Trimerco Group as well as Globus Group, he founded a consulting company operating in Switzerland and abroad in 1996, specializing in corporate restructuring, turnaround management, and repositioning. Hans Ziegler is Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Charles Vögele Holding AG, member of the Board of Directors of OC Oerlikon Corporation AG, and serves on the board of a number of other, non-listed Swiss and foreign companies.

Jürg Rückert, Vice-Chairman, born 1945, Swiss national Jürg Rückert is Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swisslog Holding AG and chairs its Audit & Risk Management Committee. He graduated in economics (lic. rer. pol.) from the University of Basel. Jürg Rückert is the owner of C.M.C. Consulting Management Coaching AG. He has held various management positions in the Swiss retail sector, including various functions at Denner, as COO of Waro and UHC (Bon appétit Group), and as CEO of USEGO. Jürg Rückert is inter alia Chairman of Zuckerfabriken Aarberg+Frauenfeld AG and Lagerhaus-genossenschaft (LHG) Berne, Vice-Chairman of réservesuisse and a member of the Board of Directors of Distribution Suisse Holding SA, Valrhône SA, Lüchinger+Schmid AG, Groba AG, and Zellweger Management Consultants AG. In addition he is a member of the board of GS 1.

Manfred Schuster chairs the HR Committee of the Board of Directors. He was trained as an industrial manager. After having completed a trainee program at Siemens, Manfred Schuster held various management positions at the Siemens group, including a divisional CFO position at Siemens Data Ges.m.b.H., Austria, and as member of the Executive Boards of Siemens Nixdorf Germany and Siemens Business Services Germany. He acted as general manager for affiliates of the Siemens group. In 1999 he became a member of the Executive Board of Oracle Germany und was responsible for its consulting business. From 2001 until 2006 Manfred Schuster was CIO of Deutsche Post DHL and served as general manager of affiliates of the Deutsche Post DHL group, e.g. at Deutsche Post ITSolutions GmbH and from 2006 until 2007 at Williams Lea Deutschland GmbH. He served as a member of the Supervisory Boards of various affiliates of the Siemens group and of the Deutsche Post DHL group, inter alia at Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, at GFT Technologies AG, at Deutsche Post eBusiness GmbH (Chairman) and at Einsnull IT-Support GmbH (Chairman).

Heinz Bachmann holds a degree in engineering from the Fachhochschule für Textilindustrie in Reutlingen, Germany. He acted as President and CEO of Saurer Textile Systems from 1990 to 2003 and subsequently became a member of the Board of Directors of Saurer Management AG. Previously he was a director and member of the Executive Committee of Rieter, Lauffenmühle-Gruppe, and Wellington Industries. Heinz Bachmann is a Visiting Professor and academic consultant at Donghua University in Shanghai, China. Heinz Bachmann is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Santex-Gruppe and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Burckhardt Compression AG as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Hunziker AG, Grob AG and AUTO-i-DAT AG.

Johann Löttner studied economic and social sciences at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria, and graduated with a degree in business studies. His long-standing activities in the intralogistics industry include various senior executive roles within the Siemens and Mannesmann Groups; from 2003 until 2005 he acted as head of the Logistics and Assembly Systems Division of Siemens AG. From 2006 until 2007, he was CEO of the Dematic Group. Johann Löttner is interim CFO of Schuberth GmbH, Magdeburg, and a member of the Supervisory Board of amides Holding AG, Düsseldorf, Germany.