Vita BVG Collective Foundation: Nominations for external candidates for the Board of Trustees

In a letter dated February 3, 2025, we informed the Administration Committee of all employer affiliated to the Foundation of the renewal election of the Board of Trustees of the Vita BVG Collective Foundation and asked them to nominate a representative on the employer and employee side from among the active insured persons (i.e. persons who are fully or partially gainfully employed) who are willing to run for the office of a member of the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees is the supreme body and is responsible for the management of the Foundation. The Board of Trustees must be composed of equal numbers of employer and employee representatives.

One valid candidacy was received within the regular registration period.

As there are two vacancies for employee representatives and one vacancy for employer representatives, the Board of Trustees has decided to open the eligibility requirements to external candidates in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 of the election regulations. To maintain the equal composition of the Board of Trustees with two seats each on the employee and employer side, we will be accepting candidatures as representatives of the employee and employer side for the next 21 days, i.e. until April 14, 2025.
If there are not enough candidates available by this time, the incumbent Board of Trustees will propose the following employee or employer representative for election, referring to Art. 6 of the election regulations:

• Sven Märki, born 1985, new
  (external candidate representing the employer side)
• Reto Menzi, born 1964, former member of the Board of Trustees
  (external candidate as representative of the employee side)
• Michael Brendle, born 1976, former member of the Board of Trustees
  (external candidate as representative of the employee side)

To ensure that the strategy can be optimally continued with our pension model of the Vita BVG Joint Foundation, the candidate should ideally have skills and experience in as many of the following areas as possible:

• Possession of comprehensive knowledge of occupational pensions, particularly around legal principles, governance and compliance
• Experience in the field of asset management
• In-depth knowledge of insurance technology
• Training in the field of occupational pensions
• Representing the foundation vis-à-vis offices, authorities and other bodies
• Contact person for insured persons and participation in presentations for existing and new customers
• Performing representative tasks for the Vita BVG Joint Foundation
• Collaboration in projects for the further development of pension solutions
• Very good written and spoken German
• Employee representation: No executive function (e.g. member of the Board of Directors, member of the Executive Board, member of management, etc.)

We look forward to receiving interesting candidate applications.

Apply now (Form in German)