Thomas Minder

Thomas Minder
Born (1960-12-26) 26 December 1960
Schaffhausen
Residence Neuhausen am Rheinfall
Nationality Swiss
Education MBA from Fordham University
Occupation entrepreneur and politician
Known for Initiative "against the rip-off"
Political party Independent (sits with SVP)
Board member of CEO of Trybol[1]

Thomas Minder (born 26 December 1960 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland) is a Swiss entrepreneur and politician.

He is known in Switzerland for having filed an initiative entitled "against rip-off salaries",[2][3] created on 31 October 2006 and submitted on 26 February 2008, which proposed that the remuneration of executives in public Swiss companies be more tightly controlled by the shareholders. The initiative, one of the world's most restrictive on corporate governance, was accepted by 67.9% of the population and all the counties on 3 March 2013.

Minder was elected to the Swiss Council of States for the state of Schaffhausen in 2011. He is an independent but sits with the Swiss People's Party.

He is the initiator of a Federal law to better protect the concept of "Swissness".[4]

Biography

Minder grew up in Neuhausen, attended secondary school at Rosenberg, college at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Neuchâtel and Fordham University, where he obtained an MBA.

He is First lieutenant commanding a company of fusiliers in the Swiss army. After working in Paris and Zurich, he joined the cosmetics company Trybol[1] in 1995 and has been CEO since 2006.

Minder is single, an ornithologist and member of the World Wildlife Fund, Schaffhouse Bird and Nature Protection Association,[5] Pro Natura,[6] the Association for Transport and Environment[7] and Greenpeace.[8]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Trybol". Trybol.ch. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  2. ↑ "Eidgenössische Volksinitiative 'gegen die Abzockerei'". Admin.ch. 2016-01-19. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  3. ↑ "Thomas Minder initiative in English » Maurice's Musings". Calvert.ch. 1994-04-18. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  4. ↑ "'Swiss' products made by non-Swiss companies spur fight for national brand". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  5. ↑ "Willkommen | Home | TURDUS - Verein Vogel- und Naturschutz Schaffhausen". Turdus.ch. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  6. ↑ "Pro Natura". Pro Natura. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  7. ↑ "VCS Verkehrs-Club der Schweiz". VCS Verkehrs-Club der Schweiz. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
  8. ↑ "Greenpeace USA". Greenpeace.org. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
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