Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Paul J. Haelg (1954, Swiss) was appointed CEO of the Daetwyler Group 2004. Before joining Daetwyler, he served on Forbo’s Executive Board as Executive Vice President of Forbo Adhesives. From 1986 to 2001, he held a number of management positions with Gurit-Essex (Gurit-Heberlein Group), ultimately as CEO. In the five years prior to that, he worked for the Swiss Aluminium Group. Paul J. Haelg is non-executive Chairman of publicly listed Sika Ltd. He is also a member of the Board of Swissmem (Swiss mechanical and electrical engineering association). He studied chemistry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, graduating with a doctorate (DSc).
