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Anita Hauser, Pius Baschera

The Roche board of directors has proposed that Anita Hauser be elected to the board at its annual general meeting, scheduled for March 14, 2017. If elected, Hauser will replace Pius Baschera, a member of the Roche board since 2007, who will not stand for re-election. Hauser is managing director at Magenta Management. Prior to joining Magenta, she was country manager and director at EF Education First. She is also vice chairwoman of the board of directors of Bucher Industries and a member of the boards of Glatz and Amag Automobil und Motoren.

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Genetic Ancestry of South America's Indigenous Mapuche Traced

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