EQS-Adhoc: SoftwareONE Holding AG nominates two new independent members to its Board of Directors

 
 EQS Group-Ad-hoc: SoftwareONE Holding AG / Key word(s): Personnel 
SoftwareONE Holding AG nominates two new independent members to its Board of 
Directors 
 
08-Jan-2021 / 07:00 CET/CEST 
Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 KR 
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. 
 
Media Release 
 
*SoftwareONE Holding AG nominates two new independent members to its Board 
of Directors* 
 
Stans, Switzerland I 8 January 2021 - SoftwareONE Holding AG, a leading 
global provider of end-to-end software and cloud technology solutions, today 
announced that the Board of Directors proposes the election of Isabelle 
Romy, a proven expert in governance, legal and compliance, as well as Adam 
Warby, former CEO of Avanade with a strong background in the technology 
services industry, as new independent members of the Board. Daniel von 
Stockar is proposed for re-election as Chairman and René Gilli, Peter Kurer, 
Marie-Pierre Rogers, Jean-Pierre Saad, José Alberto Duarte, Timo Ihamuotila 
as members of the Board of Directors. 
 
*Isabelle Romy, *a renowned governance, legal and compliance expert, has 
been a law professor at the University of Fribourg and the Lausanne Federal 
Institute of Technology (EPFL) since 1996. She is partner at the Swiss law 
firm Froriep where she served as Zurich office Managing Partner from 2017 to 
2020. As a lawyer, Isabelle Romy focuses on environmental, social and 
governance (ESG) topics as well as on commercial dispute resolution. She 
acts as Vice-Chair of the Sanction Commission of the SIX Swiss Exchange, 
which she joined in 2002, and chairs the Boards of Central Real Estate 
Holding and Rhystadt AG since 2019. Isabelle Romy was a member of the Board 
of Directors of UBS Group where she served in the Audit and Governance and 
Nomination Committees from 2012 to 2020. She was an associate and then a 
partner at the Swiss law firm Niederer Kraft & Frey for 17 years, served as 
deputy judge at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court from 2003 to 2008 and was a 
delegate as well as member of the Fundraising Committee of the Swiss 
National Committee for UNICEF from 2015 to 2020. Isabelle Romy was born in 
1965 and is a Swiss citizen. 
 
*Adam Warby, *a recognized and proven technology services C-level executive, 
was a founding member of Avanade, a digital services and solutions provider 
created by Microsoft and Accenture in 2000. From 2008 to 2019 he served as 
Avanade's CEO and was instrumental in accelerating the company's shift to 
digital and cloud services, including solutions on the Microsoft ecosystem. 
During his professional career, Adam Warby held leadership positions on 
various continents and has proven to be a passionate advocate of diversity 
and inclusion with a particular focus on increasing the number of woman in 
the technology industry. He started his career in engineering and from 1986 
to 1991 worked at IBM. From 1991 until 2000 he held various management roles 
at Microsoft, last as General Manager Midwest in the US, responsible for 
sales, services and marketing operations. He is Chairman of Junior 
Achievement Europe, Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles, a member of the Board 
of Directors of SimCorp as well as a technology advisor to KKR. Adam Warby 
was born in 1960 and is a UK citizen. 
 
Daniel von Stockar, Chairman of SoftwareONE, said: "We are delighted to 
propose Isabelle and Adam as new independent members of the Board. With 
their strong professional background in their specific areas, along with 
their distinguished leadership experience and independent views, we are 
convinced they will be great additions, helping us to continue on our 
long-standing growth path. Furthermore, their contributions will also 
strengthen our efforts in environmental and social matters, in line with our 
well-established core values." 
 
The two nominated Board members will stand for election at the Annual 
General Meeting scheduled for 20 May 2021. Daniel von Stockar, René Gilli, 
Peter Kurer, Marie-Pierre Rogers, Jean-Pierre Saad, José Albert Duarte and 
Timo Ihamuotila are standing for re-election as Chairman and members of the 
Board of Directors, respectively. 
 
*CONTACT* 
 
Panthea Derks, Media Relations 
Tel. [phone], [e-mail] 
 
Anna Engvall, Investor Relations 
Tel. [phone], [e-mail] 
 
*ABOUT SOFTWAREONE* 
 
SoftwareONE is a leading global provider of end-to-end software and cloud 
technology solutions, headquartered in Switzerland. With capabilities across 
the entire value chain, it helps companies design and implement their 
technology strategy, buy the right software and cloud solutions at the right 
price, and manage and optimize their software estate. Its offerings are 
connected by PyraCloud, SoftwareONE's proprietary digital platform, that 
provides customers with data-driven, actionable intelligence. With around 
5,800 employees and sales and service delivery capabilities in 90 countries, 
SoftwareONE provides around 65,000 business customers with software and 
cloud solutions from over 7,500 publishers. SoftwareONE's shares (SWON) are 
listed on SIX Swiss Exchange. For more information, please visit 
www.softwareone.com [1] 
 
SoftwareONE Holding AG, Riedenmatt 4, CH-6370 Stans 
 
*CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION* 
 
This media release may contain certain forward-looking statements relating 
to the group's future business, development and economic performance. Such 
statements may be subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and other 
important factors, such as but not limited to force majeure, competitive 
pressures, legislative and regulatory developments, global, macroeconomic 
and political trends, the group's ability to attract and retain the 
employees that are necessary to generate revenues and to manage its 
businesses, fluctuations in currency exchange rates and general financial 
market conditions, changes in accounting standards or policies, delay or 
inability in obtaining approvals from authorities, technical developments, 
litigation or adverse publicity and news coverage, each of which could cause 
actual development and results to differ materially from the statements made 
in this media release. SoftwareONE assumes no obligation to update or alter 
forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future 
events or otherwise. 
 
End of ad hoc announcement 
Language:    English 
Company:     SoftwareONE Holding AG 
             Riedenmatt 4 
             6370 Stans 
             Switzerland 
Phone:       [phone] 
E-mail:      [e-mail] 
Internet:    www.softwareone.com 
ISIN:        CH0496451508 
Valor:       A2PTSZ 
Listed:      SIX Swiss Exchange 
EQS News ID: 1159242 
 
End of Announcement EQS Group News Service 
 
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