Executive Board
Members of the Executive Board (31.12.2023)
Florian Faber
Group Chief Executive Officer (Group CEO)
Florian Faber was appointed Group Chief Executive Officer (Group CEO) by the Board of Directors with effect from 01.07.2022. He joined MCH's company Expomobilia in 2009 as New Business Manager, where he took on the role of Head of Sales as a member of the Management in 2011. In summer 2014, he became Managing Director of Expomobilia, which was renamed MCH Live Marketing Solutions AG in November 2018. In January 2019, Florian Faber took over the management of the Live Marketing Solutions Division as a member of the Executive Board of MCH Group and was responsible for the repositioning and growth strategy of the brands MCH Global (Experiential Marketing Agency), MC2 (Brand Experience Solutions Provider) and Expomobilia (General Contractor Building Experiences). Before joining MCH Group, Florian Faber was responsible for Live Marketing Communication & Interactive Marketing in Europe at the Nissan car group. Florian Faber holds an Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Zurich.
- Place of residence: Nürensdorf (Switzerland)
- Date of birth: 22.05.1979
- Nationality: DE / CH
- EB member since 14.01.2019
Michael Hüsler
Group Chief Financial Officer (Group CFO)
Michael Hüsler was appointed Group Chief Financial Officer (Group CFO) of MCH Group on 15.01.2021. He has extensive leadership experience at senior management level, especially in the areas of investor relations, M&A transactions and restructuring. Michael Hüsler studied economic sciences in Basel and qualified as an IFRS Accountant at the Controller Akademie Zurich. He began his professional career in auditing at PriceWaterhouseCoopers and then became Head Corporate Controlling at Straumann Holding AG. In 2005, he switched to Bachem Holding AG as Group CFO. From 2009 to 2017, he was Group CFO of Siegfried Holding AG then, as of 2017, Group CFO of Habasit International AG, where, in his function as CFO, his responsibilities included the Legal and IT departments. As Group CFO of MCH Group, Michael Hüsler is responsible for Corporate Finance, various Corporate Services (ICT, Legal, Risk & Compliance, Procurement) and the Building & Operation department of Messe Basel and Messe Zürich.
- Place of residence: Arlesheim (Switzerland)
- Date of birth: 28.04.1972
- Nationality: CH
- EB member since 15.01.2021
Changes in the composition of the Executive Board
There were no changes in the Executive Board in the business year 2023.
Group CFO Michael Hüsler has decided to take on a new professional challenge in spring 2024. He joined MCH Group in January 2021 and, during his time as Group CFO, managed the successful capital increase in autumn 2022 and the repayment of the 100 million bond in May 2023, among other things. At the time of publication of this report, succession planning is in the final stages.
Permitted activities of the members of the Executive Board
Permitted activities as per § 37 of the Articles of Association of MCH Group Ltd.
- in the case of corporations within the sense of the Code of Obligations or comparable foreign legal entities whose shares are listed on a stock exchange in Switzerland or abroad: 1;
- in the case of other companies with an economic purpose: 5;
- in the case of charitable legal entities without an economic purpose, the cumulative number of activities per member is: 10.
