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Michael Jacobi joined Ciba-Geigy’s finance area in 1978. In 1980, Michael Jacobi moved to Brazil as Corporate Controller and later was appointed Treasurer. In 1986, he moved to the United States where he led the financial department at the Toms River plant in New Jersey. After further management training at Harvard, he returned to the Finance department in Basel, Switzerland in 1987 as Head of Management Accounting. He became Group Controller of Ciba-Geigy in 1990, and was responsible for the Company’s overall corporate financial accounting and reporting. In 1997, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer for Ciba Specialty Chemicals, and is responsible for Treasury, Mergers and Acquisitions, Investor Relations and Control. He has a Doctorate in Economics from the University of St. Gallen. | 