Career highlights:
Yang Xu joined Straumann in August 2023 from The Kraft Heinz Company, a publicly listed US-American food company. She was Senior Vice President, Head of Corporate Development and Global Treasurer and a member of the company’s Executive Committee. She has more than 20 years of experience in finance, strategy, operational and commercial functions. Her career started with General Electric Health-care in Europe. She then worked for Whirlpool Corporation rising through various financial roles of increasing responsibility across corporate functions, business units and regions. Her experience was further enhanced by leading commercial and operational functions outside of finance. During her career, Yang has worked in many countries across Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.

Qualifications:
Master’s degree in management from HEC Paris
MBA programs at London Business School and Stanford University

Other activities:
Member of the Board of Gamestop Corp. (listed).