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Position: Chief Financial Officer, and Member of the Executive Committee,
Ciba Specialty Chemicals (as of March 2007)
Nationality: Swiss
Date of Birth: December 12, 1955
Degree: Business Administration
Career:
J�rg Fedier joined Dow Chemical Company in Horgen, Switzerland, in 1978. After a few years in sales, he
moved into finance, first as Credit Supervisor and later with responsibility for all operational treasury
activities in various regions of Europe as well as the Middle East and Africa.
J�rg Fedier was named Treasurer of Dow Germany in 1987 and Assistant Treasurer USA in 1993. Two years
later, he became Treasurer of Dow Japan and subsequently established and managed the Financial Risk
Center in Singapore for all of Dow Chemical Asia Pacific.
In 1998, J�rg Fedier became Global Business Finance Director of the division Epoxy Products and
Intermediates in Horgen, Switzerland, before being appointed Global Business Finance Director of
Thermosets, located in the USA. Thermosets was later merged with Performance Chemicals, and Fedier
served as Vice President Finance of this newly created division.
In March 2006, J�rg Fedier returned to Switzerland and has since served as Head of Finance at Dow Europe
and as member of the Executive Board.
Over the course of his career, Fedier has been a member of several boards.
The Board of Directors of Ciba Specialty Chemicals appointed J�rg Fedier as Chief Financial Officer with
responsibility for Group Control, Treasury, M&A and Investor Relations effective mid-March 2007. | 