The Board of Directors of Swiss Post Ltd will propose to the General Meeting due to be held on 29 April 2014 that Dr. Myriam Meyer and Nadja Lang be appointed as new members of the Board. They are set to take over from previous members Dominique Freymond and Nicola Thibaudeau. Dominique Freymond, acting Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss Post Ltd, is due to stand down in 2014 after serving the maximum term of office of twelve years. The seat on the Board left vacant by Nicola Thibaudeau also needs to be filled. She left the Board of Directors for professional reasons at the end of 2013 after seven years in office. If the nominations are confirmed at the first General Meeting of Swiss Post Ltd on 29 April 2014, the Board of Directors will then comprise three women and six men. The Board has been chaired by Peter Hasler since 20 January 2010.

Dr. Myriam Meyer (51) is the owner and managing director of the company mmtec. As the holder of a PhD in mechanical engineering from the ETH Zurich, she has worked at top management level for a range of industrial companies in aviation, pharmaceuticals and the mechanical and process engineering industry for almost 20 years. She also has extensive experience serving on the boards of various international companies. Dr. Meyer is originally from the canton of Valais. She is a member of the Board of Directors of SITA, Repower AG and Bedag Informatik AG. She has also been appointed Vice-President of the Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI) by the Federal Council, is a member of the Industrial Advisory Board of the ETH Zurich / mechanical engineering dept. and a member of the Board of Trustees of Swisscontact.

Nadja Lang (41) is managing director of the Max Havelaar Foundation (Switzerland) and Chair of the Global Account Management Steering Committee at the umbrella organization Fairtrade International. As well as being able to share her wide-ranging experience of the management of national and international private sector companies and NGOs, the Zurich-born business administration graduate has in-depth know-how within marketing, sales, sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Nadja Lang is also Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Metron AG.