People: Sirona Dental Systems Inc (SIRO.OQ)

SIRO.OQ on NASDAQ Stock Exchange Global Select Market

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1 Aug 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Thomas Jetter

55 2013 Non-Executive Chairman of the Board

Jeffrey Slovin

48 2013 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Simone Blank

49 2006 Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Director

Walter Petersohn

46 2010 Executive Vice President - Sales

Rainer Berthan

49 2012 Executive Vice President

Jonathan Friedman

42 2007 General Counsel, Secretary

David Beecken

66 2006 Independent Director

William Hood

89 2006 Independent Director

Arthur Kowaloff

2004 Independent Director

Harry Kraemer

56 2006 Independent Director

Timothy Sullivan

55 2006 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Thomas Jetter

Dr. Thomas Jetter has been appointed as the Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Sirona Dental Systems, Inc., effective as of February 21, 2013. Mr. Jetter has served as a Director since April 2010 and is currently a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Sirona’s Board of Directors. From April 1995 to March 2008, Dr. Jetter was a Partner at Permira GmbH, where he initiated and managed investments in a variety of medtech, industrial, and chemical companies and helped expand the firm’s global reach to include areas such as the US, Brazil and China. Prior to that time, Dr. Jetter gained experience at McKinsey in Germany and Brazil. Dr. Jetter holds a PhD-degree in economics/banking and an MBA from the University Saarbrücken, Germany.

Jeffrey Slovin

Mr. Jeffrey T. Slovin has been appointed as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Sirona Dental Systems, Inc., effective from February 21, 2013. He has served as company's President since September 20, 2010. Prior to September 20, 2010, Mr. Slovin served as Company's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of U.S. Operations since the Exchange. Prior to that time, Mr. Slovin was Chief Executive Officer of Schick Technologies, Inc. (“Schick”) since June 2004 and Schick’s President from December 1999 to June 2004. He has also served as a Director since December 1999. In addition, from November 2001 to June 15, 2004, Mr. Slovin served as Schick’s Chief Operating Officer. From 1999 to November 2001, Mr. Slovin was a Managing Director of Greystone & Co., Inc. From 1996 to 1999, he served in various executive capacities at Sommerset Investment Capital LLC, including Managing Director, and as President of Sommerset Realty Investment Corp. During 1995, Mr. Slovin was a Manager at Fidelity Investments Co. From 1991 to 1994, he was Chief Financial Officer of SportsLab U.S.A. Corp. and, from 1993 to 1994, was also President of Sports and Entertainment Inc. From 1987 to 1991, Mr. Slovin was an associate at Bear Stearns & Co., specializing in mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Mr. Slovin is currently a member of the Board of Fellows of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, and a member of the Young President’s Organization. Mr. Slovin holds an M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School.

Simone Blank

Ms. Simone Blank is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, Director of Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. Prior to that time, served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Sirona since July 1999. Prior to July 1999, Ms. Blank was an engagement manager in the merger and acquisition transaction group of PricewaterhouseCoopers after having gained global financial experience as a certified public accountant and tax advisor. While working for PricewaterhouseCoopers, she was responsible for the financial due diligence team in the initial leveraged buy out of Sirona. Ms. Blank holds a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Duisburg, Germany.

Walter Petersohn

Mr. Walter Petersohn is Executive Vice President - Sales of Sirona Dental Systems, Inc., since September 20, 2010. From 2003 through September 2010, Mr. Petersohn was Vice President Sales for Sirona, where he oversaw the expansion of Sirona’s international presence into markets including China, Italy and Korea. Between 1999 and 2003, he served as Vice President Sales for Asia-Pacific and the Middle East and was responsible for the Company’s expansion into Japan and Australia. From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Petersohn was a Product Manager and Director of Marketing for Sirona’s Treatment Center Division. Mr. Petersohn received a Masters degree in history from the University of Würzburg, Germany and an MBA from the State University of New York at Albany.

Rainer Berthan

Mr. Rainer Berthan is Executive Vice President of Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. Prior to his promotion to Executive Vice President, Mr. Berthan served as a Vice President of the Company. Prior to joining the Company in September 2012, Mr. Berthan served at Demag Cranes AG, a publicly listed Company, as Executive Vice President. From 2004 to 2008, Mr. Berthan was President of Weidmuller in China. Mr. Berthan holds a Masters degree in economics from the University of Applied Science Munich, Germany.

Jonathan Friedman

Mr. Jonathan I. Friedman is General Counsel, Secretary of Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. Mr. Friedman has served as General Counsel since September 2007, and was appointed Secretary in October 2007. From 2001 to 2007, Mr. Friedman was Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of National Medical Health Card Systems, Inc., a NASDAQ listed pharmacy benefit manager. In this role, Mr. Friedman’s primary focus was on corporate acquisitions and financings, general corporate transactions, Exchange Act reporting, corporate governance, intellectual property matters and regulatory compliance. Prior to his tenure at National Medical Health Card Systems, Inc. Mr. Friedman served as Vice President and Deputy General Counsel to a publicly traded company and was an associate at a New York City law firm. In each of those roles, Mr. Friedman’s emphasis was on public and private securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions, technology licensing, regulatory compliance and securities law. Mr. Friedman holds a J.D. (graduating cum laude) from St. John’s University School of Law, where he was also the Articles and Notes Editor of the Law Review.

David Beecken

Mr. David K. Beecken is Independent Director of Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. He has served as Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Finance Committee of Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Beecken currently serves as a Partner of Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company, which is the General Partner of Beecken Petty O’Keefe Fund II, an investment limited partnership focused exclusively on private equity investments in healthcare. Prior to co-founding Beecken Petty O’Keefe in April 1996, Mr. Beecken was Senior Managing Director of ABN AMRO Incorporated, a broker dealer, from February 1993 to March 1996. From 1989 to February 1993, Mr. Beecken was a Senior Vice President-Managing Director of First National Bank of Chicago. Mr. Beecken also serves on the Boards of Directors of Scrip Products Corporation, ISG, Inc. and Dentistry for Children, Inc. Mr. Beecken received a B.A. from the University of the South, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

William Hood

Mr. William K. Hood is Independent Director of Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. Prior to the Exchange, Mr. Hood served as Chairman of Company's Board of Directors between June 2004 and June 2006 and was Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors from February 2002 until June 2006. Mr. Hood is currently a member of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. Mr. Hood has also served as a member of the Compensation Committee since May 2002. Mr. Hood served as a member of the Nominating Committee from August 2004 until June 30, 2010 when Board of Directors replaced the Nominating Committee with the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Hood has been retired since 1996. From 1989 to 1996, Mr. Hood served as a Consultant to Harlyn Products, Inc. and as a member of its Board of Directors. From 1983 to 1988, he was Senior Vice President of American Bakeries Company. From 1981 to 1983, Mr. Hood served as Dean of the Chapman University School of Business Management. From 1972 to 1980, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Hunt Wesson Foods, Inc. Mr. Hood is a Trustee of Chapman University.

Arthur Kowaloff

Mr. Arthur D. Kowaloff is Independent Director of Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. Mr. Kowaloff has been a member of the Audit Committee of Company's Board of Directors since October 2004. Mr. Kowaloff has served as a member of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors since August 2011. Since the Exchange, he has served on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and, until October 2011, on the Finance Committee of Company's Board of Directors. From October 2004 until the Exchange he served on the Compensation Committee of Company's Board of Directors, and was Chairman of the Special Litigation Committee from November 2004 until the Exchange. Mr. Kowaloff has been retired since 2003. From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Kowaloff served as a Managing Director of BNY Capital Markets, Inc. From 1991 to 1998, he was Chief Operating Officer and Senior Managing Director of Patricof & Company Capital Corporation. Prior to that, Mr. Kowaloff was an attorney at the New York City firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where he served as Senior Partner and Executive Committee Member and specialized in corporate and securities law and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Kowaloff is currently a Trustee of Carleton College, the President and a Director of the PBP Foundation of New York, and a Director and Chairman of the Audit and Compliance and Compensation Committees of the Greater Hudson Valley Health System. Mr. Kowaloff received a B.A. from Carleton College and holds a Juris Doctor degree from Yale Law School.

Harry Kraemer

Mr. Harry M. Jansen Kraemer, Jr., is Independent Director of Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. He is the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and member of the Compensation Committee of Board of Directors. Mr. Kraemer currently serves as an Executive Partner of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, a private equity investment firm based in Chicago that invests in management buyout and other private equity transactions across a broad spectrum of industries and serves as Clinical Professor of Management & Strategy at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Mr. Kraemer was the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Baxter International Inc. until April 2004. Mr. Kraemer had been a Director of Baxter International since 1995, Chairman of the Board since January 1, 2000, President since 1997 and Chief Executive Officer since January 1, 1999. Mr. Kraemer is active in business, education and civic affairs. He serves on the board of directors of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), VWR International, Inc. and Catamaran Corporation (CTRX) and is member Catamaran’s Audit Committee. In addition, he serves on the board of trustees of Lawrence University, Northwestern University, the Conference Board and NorthShore University HealthSystem. He is also a member of the Dean’s Advisory Board of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, the Advisory Board of LEK Consulting, the Commercial Club of Chicago, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the Executives Club of Chicago and the Economics Club of Chicago. He is a past member of the Business Roundtable, the Business Council and the Healthcare Leadership Council. Mr. Kraemer received a B.A. from Lawrence University and an M.B.A. from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and is a certified public accountant.

Timothy Sullivan

Mr. Timothy P. Sullivan is Independent Director of Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. He is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee and member of the Finance Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Sullivan is a founder and Managing Director of Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, which specializes in management buyouts and special equity investing and manages over 18 billion dollars of committed capital and portfolio investments. Prior to co-founding Madison Dearborn Partners in 1993, Mr. Sullivan was with First Chicago Venture Capital for three years after having served in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Sullivan concentrates on investments in the health care sector and currently serves on the Board of VWR International, Inc. In addition, he is on the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital and United States Naval Academy Foundation and is the Chairman of Northlight Theatre. Mr. Sullivan also serves on the Finance and Investment Committees of the Archdiocese of Chicago and Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. Mr. Sullivan holds a B.S. from the United States Naval Academy, an M.S. from the University of Southern California and an M.B.A. from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Basic Compensation

Name Fiscal Year Total

Thomas Jetter

--

Jeffrey Slovin

1,802,740

Simone Blank

1,751,390

Walter Petersohn

888,506

Rainer Berthan

--

Jonathan Friedman

615,280

David Beecken

--

William Hood

--

Arthur Kowaloff

--

Harry Kraemer

--

Timothy Sullivan

--
As Of 29 Sep 2012

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