We are Migros
The delegates
How we’re set up
The Assembly of Delegates is the highest governing body within Migros. Its delegates generally meet twice a year to vote on important bills. We’ll show you how our Assembly of Delegates is set up and what its tasks are.
Composition and electoral procedure
In accordance with the statues, the FMC Assembly of Delegates comprises 111 members. A hundred delegates are elected by the regional Cooperatives on the basis of a prescribed quota. Each Cooperative is allocated at least five seats, with the remaining seats being distributed based on the number of members in the two calendar years preceding the elections. In addition, each Cooperative designates an ad hoc representative from its Board of Directors for each assembly meeting. The committee is chaired by an external, independent president.
The number of delegate votes for each Cooperative – as of 1 July 2024 – is distributed as follows (elected delegates per Cooperative):
Working methods and powers
The Assembly of Delegates (AoD) has an Office (Office of the Assembly of Delegates) and also operates two permanent working groups – Migros Aid Fund and Annual Report of the Board of Directors – whose duties and organisation are regulated in the organisational rules of the AoD and in mandates. There is also a facility for setting up ad hoc working groups for temporary assignments.
The principal powers of the AoD include:
Defining and amending the statutes
Electing and dismissing members of the Board of Directors
Passing resolutions on defining and amending Migros’ basic business policy
Taking the decision to dissolve the Federation of Migros Cooperatives (FMC)
Approving the Annual Report and annual financial statements of the FMC
Deciding on the appropriation of the profit for the year
Ratifying the actions of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board
Selecting and appointing the Board of Control
Approval of Migros accounting (Group accounting)
Members of the Assembly of Delegates
In total, our Assembly of Delegates consists of one hundred elected delegates. These were elected by the bodies of the regional cooperatives for a four-year term of office. Together with the ten representatives of the regional administrations of the cooperatives and the President, they form the 111-member Assembly of Delegates.
Members 01.07.2024 – 30.06.2028:
Delegates for the Migros Aare Cooperative
Rolf Bracher, Thomas Brändli, Samuel Brülisauer, Valérie Burnier, Nicole de Weck, Anja Fischer, Anita Grütter, Nathalie Kohler, Bettina Legler, Jacqueline Mangold, Christian Meier, Frank Rytz, Doris Stuber, Monika Stutz, Sabine Weidermann, Marcel Widmer, Tanja Zaugg
Delegates for the Migros Basel Cooperative
Luzia Balmer, Bernard Bossart, Nadia Eberle, Holger Friedrich, Isabelle Heiz, Jean-Bernard Kottelat, Michael Kuhn-Sonnenfroh, Chris Leduc, Karl Linder
Delegates for the Migros Geneva Cooperative
Barbara Daldini, Susanne Darbellay, Raffaella Filliez, Dirk Langer, Manuel Ogi, Karin Roztocil, Philippe Schneider, Zoa Schneiter
Delegates for the Migros Lucerne Cooperative
Georg Ambauen, Sybil Breitling Gubler, Renata Capol Käppeli, Christina Dahinden Haas, Helen Graber Lengwiler, Brigitte Journeaux, Urs Michel, Karin Schmitz-Güttinger, Valentin Schuler
Delegates for the Migros Neuenburg-Freiburg Cooperative
Marie-France Aubry-Baume, Pierre-André Bonvallat, Réjane Morand Bourqui, Isabelle Rérat, Jean-Marc Riedi, Sabine Spring, Pierre-Yves Sprunger, Erika Stadler
Delegates for the Migros Eastern Switzerland Cooperative
Claudia Aebischer Kohler, Angela Bruhin, Sharon Brühwiler, Susanne Bührer, Nicole Donno, Brigitte Engeli, Reto Fischer, Mathias Good, Karin Kreis-Schori, Helen Länzlinger, Manuela Leuenberger, Barbara Lüscher, Esther Vogt-Dudli, Peter von Gunten
Delegates for the Migros Ticino Cooperative
Nadia Bregoli, Cristina Coduri Mossi, Andrea Gamba, Sandro Glaus, Patrizia Mazzola, Daniele Poggiali, Simona Vezzoli
Delegates for the Migros Vaud Cooperative
Nicole Dumont-Martin, Mélanie Guisti, Sandra Koehli-Maillard, Laura Locatelli, Raphaël Pampuri, Eugenia Rauccio-Farinon, Françoise Salone, Adrien Sovrano, Romaine Vannod
Delegates for the Migros Valais Cooperative
Carole Bagnoud, Natacha Clavien, Roland Hugon, Julien Kaeser, Pascal Schwery, Claudia Zen-Ruffinen, Mélanie Zuber
Delegates for the Migros Zurich Cooperative
Caroline Čada, Nives Geissbühler, Jana Huwyler, Mohan Mani, Lukas Nick, Julian Reiser, Evelyne Schaller, Daniel Schindler, Isabel Sprecher, Hans-Peter Wyss, Dominique M.-L. Zaugg, vacant
Office of the Assembly of Delegates
The Office of the Assembly of Delegates prepares the agenda of the Assembly of Delegates and acts as the central interface between the Board of Directors and the Assembly of Delegates.
Edith Spillmann – President of the FMC AoD
Since 2017: Head of HR Business Partner national and Deputy Head of HR, Arnold AG (BKW Infra Services)
2001–2016: HR Manager Europe, Head of International Customer Services Department, Meritor
1998–2000: Head of International Distribution, Schneider (Europe)/Pfizer Medical Technology Group
1994–1997: Account Manager Export, Mibelle Cosmetics AG, Buchs/AG
Election of the members of the office at the constituent Assembly of Delegates on 31 August 2024
Working groups of Assembly of Delegates
Migros Aid Fund
Election of the members of the working group at the constituent Assembly of Delegates on 31 August 2024
Annual Report of the Board of Directors
Election of the members of the working group at the constituent Assembly of Delegates on 31 August 2024
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