Group Management
Sika’s Group Management is made up of eight experienced managers, whose diverse
careers led them to Sika companies across the globe.
Paul Schuler
Chief Executive Officer
Year of birth: 1955 Nationality: Swiss With Sika for 31 years in Switzerland, Germany, and the USA
Education
| 2008 - 2015 |
IMD Lausanne, Switzerland; Executive Training. |
| 1993 | Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Washington/Zurich, MBA. |
Professional Experience
| 2017 - now | Chief Executive Officer |
| 2013 - 2017 | Regional Manager EMEA and Member of Group Management |
| 2007 - 2012 | Regional Manager North America, General Manager Sika USA and Member of Group Management |
| 2003 - 2006 | General Manager Sika Germany |
| 1988 - 2002 | Product Manager / Head of Sales Industry, Marketing Manager Industry, Business Unit Leader Industry |
| 1982 - 1988 | International Key Account Sales Manager Switzerland EMS Chemie AG, Switzerland |
| 1980 - 1982 | Project Manager Air Condition Plants, Luwa AG, Hong Kong, China |
| 1976 - 1980 | Production Manager, Hemair AG, Switzerland |
Further Committments
| 2017 - now |
Member of Board of Directors Swisspearl Group AG |
Mike Campion
Region Asia/Pacific
Year of birth: 1965 Nationality: US With Sika for 21 years in Asia and in the USA
Education
| 2009, 2013, 2015 | IMD Lausanne, Switzerland, Executive Development Program |
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| 2001 | University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, USA, Management Coaching Certificate | |
| 1983 - 1988 | Villanova University, Pennsylvania, USA, BSc Chemistry |
Professional Experience
| 2017 - now |
Regional Manager Asia/Pacific and Member of Group Management |
| 2016 - 2017 | Head Target Market Concrete Asia/Pacific |
| 2015 - 2017 | General Manager Sika China, Area Manager Greater China, Sika China |
| 2013 - 2015 | Senior Vice President, Target Market Concrete & Waterproofing, Sika USA |
| 2011 - 2015 | General Manager Sika Greenstreak, USA |
| 1998 - 2011 | Management Positions in Target Market Concrete and in Business Unit Construction, Sika USA |
| 1991 - 1998 | Management Positions, Stonhard Inc., USA |
Christoph Ganz
Region Americas
Year of birth: 1969 Nationality: Swiss With Sika for 23 years in Switzerland, France, and the USA
Education
| 2007 - 2015 | IMD Lausanne, Switzerland; Executive Training |
| 1996 | University of St. Gallen, lic. oec. HSG |
Professional Experience
| 2018 - now | Regional Manager Americas and Member of Group Management |
| 2013 - 2018 | Regional Manager North America, General Manager Sika USA, and Member of Group Management |
| 2007 - 2012 | Head of Corporate Business Unit Distribution and Member of Group Management |
| 2009 - 2012 | General Manager Sika France / Area Manager France, North Africa, and Mauritius and Member of Group Management |
| 2003 - 2006 | Head of Business Unit Distribution |
| 1999 - 2003 | Corporate Market Field Manager Distribution |
| 1996 - 1999 | Project Manager Distribution, Sika Switzerland |
Thomas Hasler
Head Global Business and Industry
Year of birth: 1965 Nationality: Swiss With Sika for 30 years in the USA and in Switzerland
Education
2013 - 2015 |
IMD Lausanne, Switzerland, Executive Training |
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2004 - 2007 |
University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Executive MBA |
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1997 - 1998 |
KS Kaderschulen, Zurich, Switzerland, Economic Engineer STV |
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1984 - 1987 |
Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur, Switzerland, Dipl. Ing. Chem. HTL |
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Professional Experience
| 2018 - now | Head Global Business and Industry and Member of Group Management |
| 2017 - 2018 | Head Industry and Automotive and Member of Group Management |
2014 - 2017 |
Chief Technology Officer and Member of Group Management |
2011 - 2013 |
Head Global Automotive |
2008 - 2010 |
Senior Vice President of Industry and Automotive, Sika USA |
2005 - 2008 |
Senior Vice President Automotive North America, Sika USA |
2004 - 2005 |
Automotive Manager Europe |
2000 - 2003 |
Automotive Manager Switzerland |
1995 - 2000 |
Business Development Manager |
1992 - 1995 |
R&D Head Automotive OEM Adhesives |
1989 - 1992 |
Research Chemist Industry Adhesives |
Frank Höfflin
Chief Technology Officer
Year of birth: 1964 Nationality: German, US With Sika for 16 years in the USA and in Switzerland
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| 2013 - 2016 |
IMD Lausanne, Switzerland, Executive Trainings |
| 1985 - 1995 | University of Freiburg/Germany, Chemistry, Polymer Department, Ph.D. |
Professional Experience
| 2017 - now | Chief Technology Officer and Member of Group Management |
| 2014 - 2017 | Corporate Technology Head Thermoplastic Systems |
| 2011 - 2014 | Corporate Technology Head Roofing and Waterproofing |
| 2004 - 2011 | Vice President R&D / PTD Acoustics and Reinforcement, Sika USA |
| 2003 - 2004 |
Director R&D, Sika USA |
| 2001 | Global Technology Manager, Exatec, USA |
| 1996 - 2001 |
Management Positions, Weatherables, GE Plastics, USA |
Yumi Kan
Head Construction
Year of birth: 1970 Nationality: Vietnamese, Taiwanese With Sika for 27 years in Asia and in Switzerland
Education
| 2007 - 2015 | IMD Lausanne, Switzerland, and INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France Executive Training. |
Professional Experience
| 2017 - now | Head Construction and Member of Group Management | |
| 2016 - 2017 | Head Building Systems & Industry and Member of Group Management |
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| 2015 - 2016 | Head Target Market Concrete Asia/Pacific |
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| 2011 - 2016 | Area Manager Southeast Asia |
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| 2001 - 2005 | Area Manager Indochina |
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| 1995 - 2014 | General Manager Sika Vietnam | |
| 1994 | Deputy General Director Sika Vietnam |
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| 1992 - 1993 | Sales and Marketing Manager Sika Vietnam |
Ivo Schädler
Region EMEA
Year of birth: 1966 Nationality: Swiss, Liechtenstein With Sika for 22 years in Switzerland, and in the UK
Education
| 2013 - 2015 |
IMD Lausanne, Switzerland; Executive Training |
| 2010 |
International Business School (ZfU), Zurich, Switzerland; Executive MBA |
| 2002 | AKAD Zurich, Switzerland; Economic Engineer STV/FH |
| 1992 | ETH Zurich, Switzerland; Master of Sciences (MSc), Materials Engineering |
Professional Experience
| 2017 - now | Regional Manager EMEA and Member of Group Management |
| 2015 - 2017 | Area Manager Europe South / Head Target Market Refurbishment EMEA |
| 2012 - 2015 | General Manager Sika UK and Sika Ireland |
| 1997 - 2012 | Head Business Unit Contractors and Industry, Head Marketing Construction, Product Engineer Industrial Flooring, Deputy Manager Diagnostic Center, Sika Switzerland |
| 1996 - 1997 | Head Department Materials Testing and R&D, Wolfseher and Partner AG, Switzerland |
| 1993 - 1995 | Manager Department Materials Testing, EMS Chemie AG, Switzerland |
Adrian Widmer
Chief Financial Officer
Year of birth: 1968 Nationality: Swiss With Sika for 12 years in Switzerland
Education
| 2013 - 2015 |
Executive Training, IMD Lausanne |
| 2004 |
Advanced Management Program, INSEAD |
| 1994 |
lic. oec. publ. Economics, University of Zurich |
Professional Experience
| 2014 - now | CFO and Member of Group Management |
| 2007 - 2014 | Head Group Controlling and M&A |
| 2005 - 2007 | General Manager Construction Systems Germany/Austria/ Switzerland, BASF (Degussa) Construction Chemicals, Switzerland |
| 2000 - 2005 |
CFO, Degussa Construction Chemicals Switzerland; Finance Director Business Line Flooring Europe; Manager Corporate Finance, Degussa Construction Chemicals, Switzerland |
| 1997 - 2000 |
Manager M&A, Textron Industrial Products, United Kingdom/Switzerland |
| 1995 - 1997 | Market Development Manager, Textron Inc., USA/United Kingdom |
| 1994 - 1995 | Business Analyst, Nordostschweizer Kraftwerke (NOK), Switzerland |
