Board of directors

François Frôté (1953), Switzerland

• Chairman of the Board
• Member since 2002, elected until 2014
• Previous activities for Tornos: Legal adviser
• Com­mittees: Chairman of the Nomination and Compensation Committee; Audit Committee
• Training – final qualification on completion of studies: lawyer, law degree at the Univer­sity of Berne, 1979
• Current directorships: Rollomatic Hold­ing SA: Board director; Nugerol Holding SA: Board direc­tor; Esco SA: Board director; Bien-Air Holding SA: Board Director; Coopérative Migros Neuchâtel Fribourg: Vice-Chairman
• Professional activities: Law offices of Frôté & Partner: lawyer and Board director (since 1979)

Claude Elsen (1947), Luxembourg

• Deputy Chairman of the Board
• Member since 2002, elected until 2014
• Previous activities for Tornos: none
• Commit­tees: Audit Committee; Nomination and Compensation Committee
• Training – final qualification on completion of studies: MBA, Insead, Fontainebleau, 1974; Master Sc., Master Mec. Engineer from RWTH (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule), Aachen, Germany, 1972
• Current directorships: BIA Group S.A., Director (since 2008), Belgium
• Professional activities: DaimlerChrysler AG from 1996 to 2002: Senior Vice President (from 1998 to 2002); Consilux: Managing Partner (since 2002) 

Frank Brinken (1949), Germany

• Member since 2011, elected until 2014
• Previous activities for Tornos: none
• Committees: Product Committee; Alliance Committee
• Training – final qualification on completion of studies: Doctor in Engineering & Mechanics, Postgraduate courses in Management
• Current directorships:  CECIMO: President of the Economic Committee; Calorifer AG: Director
• Professional activities: Maag Pump Textron Systems: CEO (from 1995 to 2004);  Starrag Heckert Holding AG: CEO (since 2005)

Philippe Maquelin (1951), Switzerland

• Member since 2011, elected until 2014
• Previous activities for Tornos: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer (from 2002 to 2010)
• Committees: Chairman of the Audit Committee; Nomination and Compensation Committee
• Training – final qualification on comple­tion of studies: Economist (degree in economic science), University of Neuchâtel, 1976
• Current directorships: none
• Previous professional activities: Ismeca Holding SA: CFO (from 1998 to 2002)

Michel Rollier (1959), Switzerland

• Member since 2002, elected until 2014
• Previous activities for Tornos: none
• Committees: Chairman of the Alliance Committee; Product Committee
• Training – final qualifi­cation on completion of studies: EPFL engineer (Ecole Poly­technique Fédérale), Lausanne, 1985
• Current directorships: Rollomatic Holding SA, Chairman of the Board of Direc­tors
• Professional activities: Rollomatic SA, various manage­ment functions in the Group, R&D Manager (since 1989)

Raymond Stauffer (1954), Switzerland

• Member since 2002, elected until 2014
• Previous activities for Tornos: Managing Director and CEO from 2002 until 2010
• Committees: Chairman of the Product Committee; Alliance Committee
• Training – final qualification on completion of studies: ETS engineer (engineering college), Le Locle, 1975
• Current directorships: none
• Professional activities: Ismeca Holding SA: different functions in the Group from 1976 to 2001; COO (from 1993 to 2001), CTO (2001)