Management Board

Members

Lukas Brosi

  • Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
  • Swiss citizen, born 1979, degree in business economics; various roles in the corporate consulting division at UBS AG (2000 to 2009); joined Zurich Airport Ltd. in 2009 as Group Treasurer, steadily acquiring a wider role and more responsibility, including deputising for the CFO, became CFO and consequently joined the Management Board in February 2017
  • CEO since May 2023
  • Significant activities and vested interests: none

Daniel Bircher

  • Managing Director Zurich Airport International
  • Swiss citizen, born in 1968, lic. phil. I degree, Project Manager at EBP Schweiz AG (from 1996 to 2006), Safety Officer at Zurich Airport Ltd (from 2006 to 2011)
  • Operations Director at Bangalore International Airport Private Limited, Bengaluru, India (from 2011 to 2015), Chief Operation Officer at Belo Horizonte International Airport, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (from 2015 to 2018)
  • Chief Executive Officer at Zurich Airport International Asia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (from 2018 to 2021)
  • Returned to Zurich Airport Ltd. as a member of the Management Board in August 2021
  • Significant activities and vested interests: none

Kevin Fleck

  • Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
  • Swiss-Canadian dual citizen, born in 1984, M.A. HSG in Economics; worked in asset management and derivatives trading at a Swiss and American bank (2006-2013); CFO at Airline Assistance Switzerland (ground handling company) (2015-2017); various CFO roles at the Vebego Group in the DACH market in the fields of facility management, real estate, aviation and health care (2017-2023)
  • Joined Zurich Airport Ltd. in August 2023 as CFO and Member of the Management Board
  • Significant activities and vested interests: Member of the Board of Directors of Belvalor AG, Zurich

Stefan Gross

  • Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
  • Swiss citizen, born in 1969, studied business administration; managerial positions at IKEA in Switzerland, Australia, Germany and Russia (from 1996 to 2010); shopping center management roles for the Federation of Migros Cooperatives (from 2010 to 2015)
  • Joined Zurich Airport Ltd. in February 2016 as CCO and Member of the Management Board
  • Significant activities and vested interests: none

Lydia Naef

  • Chief Real Estate Officer (CREO)
  • Swiss citizen, born 1982, degree in business economics plus an MBA in international real estate management, various consulting and project management roles at RESO Partners AG and Halter AG (from 2006 to 2012), joined Zurich Airport Ltd. as a property management team leader in 2012, Head Services & Parking and Head Property & Portfolio Management
  • Appointed CREO and assumed Management Board function in September 2022
  • Significant activities and vested interests: Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Nabreg AG

Manuela Staub

  • Chief People & Communications Officer (CPCO)
  • Swiss citizen, born 1973, degree in business economics and Executive Master of Science in Communications Management, worked in various roles, including Head of Organisational Development, at Bluewin (1999 to 2001); then Head of Communications for various divisions at Swisscom AG, joined Zurich Airport Ltd. as Head of Corporate Communications in February 2020
  • Became CPCO and consequently joined the Management Board in June 2022
  • Significant activities and vested interests: none

Stefan Tschudin

  • Chief Operation Officer (COO)
  • Swiss citizen, born 1968, MA (Law) and qualified airline pilot; worked as a legal consultant at a law firm and in court (from 1994 to 1997), as an airline pilot and flying instructor for Swissair (from 1997 to 2002) and as a legal advisor at PFS Pension Fund Services (from 2002 to 2006); joined Zurich Airport Ltd. in 2007 as a lawyer and aviation specialist in charge of approval processes
  • Became COO and consequently joined the Management Board in October 2017
  • Significant activities and vested interests: Member of the Board of Directors of UBAG - Unterflurbetankungsanlage Flughafen Zürich AG

Lukas Brosi, Kevin Fleck, Stefan Tschudin, Lydia Naef, Stefan Gross, Daniel Bircher and Manuela Staub (from left to right)

In the year under review, there were no management agreements associated with the assignment of management duties to third parties.

Details of activities in companies with a commercial purpose and other legal entities entered in the Commercial Register are set out in the Remuneration Report. According to Article 22 of the company’s Articles of Association, the number of additional mandates that members of the Management Board are permitted to hold in the most senior managerial and administrative organs of legal entities outside the scope of consolidation of the company is restricted to one mandate at listed companies and five mandates at unlisted companies, and to an additional five mandates at other legal entities entered in the Commercial Register. All members of the Management Board comply with these requirements.