Organisation

Management

The Goal is Quality and Not Profit

The 180 shareholders convened at the annual general meeting constitute the highest administrative body of the Sortenorganisation. The seven members of the executive board are elected at this meeting. Decisions are made by qualified majority. The Sortenorganisation operates on a non-profit basis and does not allocate profits. The Sortenorganisation has the legal form of a GmbH as per the Swiss Code of Obligations.

Representatives of the Milk Producers

Stefan Hagenbuch
Swiss Milk Producers
Postfach
3000 Bern 6

Executive Board Member of the Milk Association

Hans Ruckstuhl
St.Gallen-Appenzell
Uerental
9512 Rossrüti

Appenzeller Cheese Foundation

Josef Inauen
alt Landeshauptmann
Im Grund
9050 Appenzell

Representatives of the Milk Buyers

Herr Jürg Schmidhauser
Bregensdorf 240
9313 Muolen

The core responsibilities of the Sortenorganisation include protecting the brand and origin of the products, promoting the quality and sales of the products, fulfilling all relevant public obligations, planning and regulating production, establishing appropriately market-based prices and representing the Appenzell cheese economy with respect to the public and all official agencies.

CEO of the St. Gallen-Appenzell Milk Buyers Association

Heinz Güntensperger
Käserei Bodmen
9612 Dreien

 
Representatives of the Cheese Merchants

Urs Dörig
President of the Appenzell Cheese Merchants Association
Emil Dörig Käsehandel AG
Unterdorfstrasse 26
9107 Urnäsch

Appenzell Cheese Merchants Association

Josef Hardegger
Käse en gros
Poststrasse
9243 Jonschwil