The Board of Directors of Clariant Ltd comprises at least six and no more than twelve members pursuant to the Articles of Association of Clariant Ltd.

No member of the Board of Directors exceeds any of the maximum number of mandates as stipulated in Article 38 of the Articles of Association.

Members of the Board of Directors

Rudolf Wehrli, Swiss citizen
Function at Clariant: Chairman, non-executive member of the Board of Directors
Born: 1949
Year of first election: 2007

Professional career: Following studies at the Universities of Zurich and Basel, where he earned doctorates in Theology, Philosophy, and German Literature, Rudolf Wehrli began his career at McKinsey & Co. in 1979. In 1984 he joined the Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (now Credit Suisse) as a member of the company’s Senior Management. In 1986 he became Marketing Manager and member of the Executive Committee of the Silent Gliss Group. Five years later he took over the management of the Group’s German subsidiary. In 1995 he transferred to the Gurit-Heberlein Group as a member of the Executive Committee, and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 1998 and Chief Executive Officer in 2000. He remained in this position until the company split up in 2006. A Member of the Board of Directors of Clariant Ltd since 2007, he became Chairman in 2012.

Other activities: Board of Directors / Supervisory Board mandates as stipulated in Article 38 para 1 of the Articles of Association:

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. a) Berner Kantonalbank

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. b) five: Kambly AG, Switzerland; Rheinische Kunststoff-Werke SE, Germany; Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sefar Holding AG, Switzerland; Wipf AG, Switzerland; HK Gerodur AG, Switzerland

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. c) seven (including member of the Board of Trustees of Avenir Suisse and member of the Board of Clariant Foundation).

Günter von Au, German citizen
Function at Clariant: Vice Chairman, non-executive member of the Board of Directors
Born: 1951
Year of first election: 2011

Professional career: After studying Textile and Polymer Chemistry at Reutlingen University and Chemistry at the University of Tübingen, where he obtained a doctorate, Günter von Au began his career in 1980 in Burghausen at Wacker-Chemie AG. He held a number of different management positions at the company through 2001 in Germany, Brazil, and the United States – most recently as Head of Wacker’s division for polymers, specialty chemistry, and basic chemistry in Munich. He was also CEO of Wacker Polymer Systems GmbH & Co. KG in Burghausen, Germany. He joined Süd-Chemie in 2001 as President and CEO of Süd-Chemie Inc. In 2004 he became CEO of the Management Board of Süd-Chemie AG in Munich and held this position until 31 March 2012. On 1 April 2012, Mr. von Au joined the Board of Directors at Clariant Ltd and has, since then, acted as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Other activities: Board of Directors / Supervisory Board mandates as stipulated in Article 38 para 1 of the Articles of Association:

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. a) none.

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. b) four: Member of the Supervisory Board of Bayernwerk AG, Regensburg; Member of the Advisory Committee of Gebr. Röchling KG, Mannheim; Member of the Advisory Board of Tyczka GmbH, Geretsried; Chairman of the Board of CeramTec GmbH, Plochingen

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. c) two: Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bavarian Chemical Industry Association, Munich; Vice President of the German Institute for Economic Research Cologne.

Hariolf Kottmann, German citizen
Function at Clariant: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and executive member of the Board of Directors
Born: 1955
Year of first election: 2008

Professional career: Hariolf Kottmann earned his PhD in Organic Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart in 1984. In 1985 he launched his career at the former Hoechst AG in Frankfurt, where he held several key management positions across the company’s chemical divisions and functions. In 1996 he was appointed Deputy Head of the Basic Chemicals Division at Hoechst AG and took responsibility for the Inorganic Chemicals BU. In 1998 he joined Celanese Ltd in New Jersey (United States) as member of the Executive Committee and Head of the Organic Chemicals BU. In April 2001, he was appointed as member of the Executive Committee of SGL Carbon AG, where he was responsible for the Graphite Specialties, Corrosion Protection and Advanced Materials Divisions as well as the Eastern Europe and Asia regions until 30 September 2008. He was also in charge of the SGL Excellence and Technology & Innovation corporate functions. He has been a member of the Board of Directors of Clariant Ltd since April 2008 and became CEO of Clariant on 1 October 2008.

Other activities: Board of Directors / Supervisory Board mandates as stipulated in Article 38 para 1 of the Articles of Association:

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. a) none

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. b) Plansee Holding AG, Austria

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. c) six: Member of the Board of Trustees of ETH Foundation Zurich; Member of the Board of Trustees of Aventis Foundation, Frankfurt; Member of the Executive Committee of Science Industries, Zurich; Member of the Board of CEFIC (European Chemical Industry Council) and Member of its Executive Committee and Chairman of the Product Stewardship Program Council; Member of the Board of ICCA (International Council of Chemical Associations); Chairman of the Board of Clariant Foundation.

Peter Chen, US and Swiss citizen
Function at Clariant: Non-executive member of the Board of Directors
Born: 1960
Year of first election: 2006

Professional career: Peter Chen studied chemistry at the University of Chicago and in 1987 received a doctorate from Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. He then served as an assistant professor (1988 to 1991) and associate professor (1991 to 1994) at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Since September 1994 he has been a full Professor of Physical-Organic Chemistry at ETH Zurich. From 2007 to 2009 he was Vice President of Research and Corporate Relations at ETH Zurich.

Other activities: Board of Directors / Supervisory Board mandates as stipulated in Article 38 para 1 of the Articles of Association:

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. a) none

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. b) none

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. c) two: Consultant at Givaudan, Switzerland; Gesellschaft zur Förderung von Forschung und Ausbildung im Bereich der Chemie (Zurich).

Peter R. Isler, Swiss citizen
Function at Clariant: Non-executive member of the Board of Directors
Born: 1946
Year of first election: 2004

Professional career: Peter R. Isler studied Law at the University of Zurich, completing his studies with a doctorate. He then attended a master’s program for a LL.M. at Harvard Law School. From 1974 onward he worked for two Swiss law firms and in 1981 became a partner at the Zurich law firm Niederer Kraft & Frey AG. He has been a lecturer in Corporate and Commercial Law at the University of Zurich since 1978 and a member of the Anwaltsprüfungskommission (Bar Examination Commission) of the canton of Zurich since 1984.

Other activities: Board of Directors / Supervisory Board mandates as stipulated in Article 38 para 1 of the Articles of Association:

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. a) none

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. b) Schulthess Group AG, Switzerland

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. c) nine (including Member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Zurich Foundation).

Dominik Koechlin, Swiss citizen

Function at Clariant: Non-executive member of the Board of Directors
Born: 1959
Year of first election: 2008
Dominik Koechlin passed away on 12 July 2015.

Professional career: Dominik Koechlin earned his doctorate in Law from the University of Berne and holds an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. He started his career in 1986 as a financial analyst at Bank Sarasin. In 1990 he founded Ellipson, a management consultancy firm. From 1996 to 2000 he was a member of the Executive Committee of Telecom PTT, which later became Swisscom AG, where he was responsible for corporate strategy and international operations. He was Chairman of the Board of Directors at Plant Health Care until April 2012. He was Chairman of the Board of Sunrise Communications AG and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sunrise Communications Group AG since January 2015.

Other activities: Board of Directors / Supervisory Board mandates as stipulated in Article 38 para 1 of the Articles of Association:

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. a) Chairman of the Board of Sunrise Communications Group AG, Switzerland

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. b) two: Member of the Board of Trustees of LGT; Member of the Board of Avaloq Group AG, Switzerland

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. c) three (including Member of the Board of Economiesuisse).

Carlo G. Soave, British citizen
Function at Clariant: Non-executive member of the Board of Directors
Born: 1960
Year of first election: 2008

Professional career: Carlo G. Soave studied languages and Economics at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland. He launched his career in 1982 at Oerlikon-Bührle in Switzerland, moving to Procter & Gamble in 1984. There he held various senior management positions, including Vice President of Global Purchasing for the Fabric and Home Care Division. In 2004 he founded Soave & Associates, a consulting company based in Brussels, Belgium. He is an Advisory Board member of MonoSol LLC, a company based in Indiana (United States) that belongs to the Kuraray Group (Japan).

Other activities: Board of Directors / Supervisory Board mandates as stipulated in Article 38 para 1 of the Articles of Association:

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. a) none

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. b) Advisory Board MonoSol LLC

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. c) Managing Director of Soave & Associates, Belgium.

Dolf Stockhausen, Austrian citizen
Function at Clariant: Non-executive member of the Board of Directors
Born: 1945
Year of first election: 2011
Board member until 20th Annual General Meeting (31 March 2015)

Professional career: Dolf Stockhausen studied Business, Economics and Law at the Universities of Freiburg and Münster, before gaining his doctorate in Economics from the University of Münster. He began his career at Bayer AG and a number of its foreign subsidiaries. He then held various positions at Chemische Fabrik Stockhausen GmbH in Krefeld, Germany, where he was ultimately Managing Director and CEO. From 1996 to 2011 he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Süd-Chemie and from 2008 to 2011 Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He is also Chairman of the Management Committee of EAT GmbH, CEO of Dr. Dolf Stockhausen Beteiligungs s.à.r.l., Luxemburg (Luxemburg) and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dr. Dolf Stockhausen Beteiligungs AG, Stans (Switzerland). Effective as of 19 November 2014 Dr. Dolf Stockhausen Beteiligungs s.à.r.l. was merged into Dr. Dolf Stockhausen Beteiligungs AG.

Other activities: Board of Directors / Supervisory Board mandates as stipulated in Article 38 para 1 of the Articles of Association:

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. a) none

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. b) Chairman of Dr. Dolf Stockhausen Beteiligungs AG, Switzerland

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. c) Member of the Board of Directors of Lightwing AG, Stans.

Susanne Wamsler, US citizen
Function at Clariant: Non-executive member of the Board of Directors
Born: 1961
Year of first election: 2015

Professional career: Ms Susanne Wamsler studied at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, USA, graduating with a degree in Political Economy. From 1984 to 1988 she held various positions with the Deutsche Bank AG in Munich and New York. In 1989 she received her MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. Since then she has been a successful entrepreneur in different fields, including retail, real estate, telecommunications and wealth management. In addition, she completed various professional education courses between 2012 and 2014, receiving certificates in board membership training from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, the Centrum für Strategie und Höhere Führung, Cologne, Germany, and INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.

Susanne Wamsler was a member of the Supervisory Board of the Stiftung Haus der Kunst gemGmbH, Munich, Germany, till 30 June 2015.

She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Clariant AG since March 2015.

Other activities: Board of Directors / Supervisory Board mandates as stipulated in Article 38 para 1 of the Articles of Association:

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. a) none

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. b) none

Mandates according to Article 38 para 1 lit. c) till 30 June 2015 Member of the Supervisory Board of the Stiftung Haus der Kunst gemGmbH, Munich, Germany.

Konstantin Winterstein, German citizen
Function at Clariant: Non-executive member of the Board of Directors
Born: 1969
Year of first election: 2011

Professional career: Konstantin Winterstein studied at the Technical Universities in Darmstadt and in Berlin, where he completed a degree in Production Engineering. In 2004 he received his MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau and Singapore. From 1997 to 2014 he has held various positions with the BMW Group. Since 2014 he is member of the executive board of Ringmetall AG (former H.P.I. Holding AG) in Munich. From 2006 to 2011 he served on the Supervisory Board of Süd-Chemie AG.

Other activities: Board of Directors / Supervisory Board mandates as stipulated in Article 38 para 1 of the Articles of Association: none.

Cross-involvement

There are no cross-involvements.

Elections

The Board of Directors will stand for election or reelection for one-year terms. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Clariant Ltd as well as the members of the Compensation Committee will be elected individually for a term of one year by the Annual General Meeting. Only members of the Board of Directors are eligible.