Ton Büchner is a Netherlands; Dutch businessperson who has been the head of 5 different companies and occupies the position of Chairman for Burckhardt Compression Holding AG, Chairman for Swiss Prime Site AG and Chairman-Executive Board & Chief Executive Officer at Akzo Nobel Ltda.

He is also on the board of Novartis AG.

In the past Mr. Büchner occupied the position of President & Chief Executive Officer for Sulzer AG and Chief Executive Officer for Akzo Nobel NV.

He received a graduate degree from Delft University of Technology and an MBA from International Institute for Management Development.