Function at Novartis AG In 2006, Andreas von Planta was elected to the Board of Directors of Novartis AG. He has been a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee since 2006. He qualifies as an independent Non-Executive Director.

Other activities Andreas von Planta is Vice Chairman of Holcim Ltd* and the Schweizerische National-Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG*, and is a member of the boards of various Swiss subsidiaries of foreign companies. He is a member of the Board of Editors of the Swiss Review of Business Law, and is a former Chairman of the Geneva Association of Business Law.

Professional background Andreas von Planta holds lic. iur. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Basel and an LL.M. from Columbia University School of Law, New York. He passed his bar examinations in Basel in 1982. Since 1983, he has lived in Geneva, working for the law firm Lenz & Staehelin where he became a partner in 1988. His areas of specialization include corporate law, corporate finance, company reorganizations, and mergers and acquisitions.