Andreas Brechbühl 

Swiss citizen, is, since 1 July 2005, Chief Operating Officer of the Access + Data Systems Division Asia Pacific and member of the Group Management Committee. From 2003 until joining Kaba, he was General Manager of Hilti in Hongkong. From 1994 to 2002, he worked for the Diethelm Keller Group as senior Vice-president Asia. Previously, he served in various executive positions with Ciba Vision, Jacobs Suchard and Unilever. Andreas Brechbühl studied at the Hochschule für Wirtschafts-, Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften (HSG) in St. Gallen and graduated as lic.oec. HSG. He resides and works in Hong Kong.