Organisation

Committee of the Board of Trustees

Heinrich M. Lanz
President Swisscontact;

Member of the Advisory Committee on International Cooperation, Berne;

Vice Chairman / Member of various Boards of Directors  

Thomas Bergen
Co-founder and CEO, getAbstract, Lucerne

Arthur Bolliger
Board Member, Banque Cramer & Cie SA, Geneva; Klingelnberg AG, Zurich

Dr. Anna Crole-Rees
Head of Department and Member of the Executive Management, AGRIDEA, Lausanne;
Founder and Consultant, CRC4change, Lausanne

Marina de Senarclens
Honorary President Senarclens, Leu + Partner AG, Zurich;

Founder of IngCH Swiss Engineers Shape our Future;

Co-founder of the Group of Fifteen, Zurich

Marc Furrer
President of the Swiss Federal Communications Commission (ComCom), Berne

Dr. Christoph Lindenmeyer
Chairman of the Board of Schindler Management AG, Ebikon;

Vice-President Swissmem;

Member of the Committee of the Board of Directors, economiesuisse, Zurich;

Chairman / Member of various Boards of Directors

Members of the Board of Trustees

Egbert Appel
Trustee Martin Hilti Family Trust, Schaan; President Hilti Foundation, Schaan

Nicolas A. Aune
General Secretary, Union Industrielle Genevoise (UIG), Geneva

Rudolf Bärfuss
Former Ambassador, Berne

Dr. Thomas W. Bechtler (Resignation 19.05.2016)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Hesta AG, Baar

Claudia Coninx-Kaczynski (Entry 31.10.2016)
Member of the Board of Directors, Forbo Holding AG; Vice-President/Member of the Board of Directors, Swisscontent AG; Member of the Board of Trustees, Orpheum Foundation for the Advancement of Young Soloists, Zurich; Member of the Human Rights Watch Committee, Zurich

Prof. em. Dr. Fritz Fahrni (Resignation 19.05.2016)
University of St. Gall and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich

Béatrice Fischer
Head Communication & Marketing, Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG, Zurich

Dr. Urs Grütter
Owner and CEO, Max Ditting AG; Initiator project «LokalesWasser.ch»

Prof. Dr. Fritz Gutbrodt
Managing Director Chairman’s Office, Swiss Reinsurance Company, Zurich

Prof. Dr. Thomas A. Gutzwiller
gwpartner AG, Gutzwiller, Wachsmann Partner, St. Gall

Hans Hess
President, Hanesco AG, Pfäffikon SZ; President, Swissmem, Zurich; President of the Supervisory Board, COMET Holding AG, Flamatt; President of the Supervisory Board, R&M Holding AG, Wetzikon

Wilhelm B. Jaggi    
Swiss Ambassador to the OECD 2001-2006; Executive Director of Switzerland at the EBRD 1997-2001

Hans Jöhr
Corporate Head of Agriculture, Nestec Ltd., Vevey

Dr. Gottlieb A. Keller
General Counsel, Member of the Corporate Executive Committee, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel

Dr. Bérangère Magarinos-Ruchat (Entry 26.04.2016)
Vice President Sustainability Partnerships Firmenich S.A., Meyrin

Armin Meier
Managing Director Boyden global executive search, Zurich; Member of the Board of Zug Estates Holding, Kibag, Ameos and other Boards of Directors

Dr. Myriam Meyer Stutz
Member of the Board of Swiss Post Ltd, Repower AG, Bedag Informatik AG; Vice President of the Commission for Technology and Innovation (KTI).

Dr. Reto Müller
Partner BLR&Partners; Past President of the Helbling Group; Member of the Board of Directors of Forbo Holding AG, Georg Utz Holding AG, Riri Group and other companies

Raphaël Odoni (Resignation 31.12.2016)
Engineer, Bussigny

Dr. Albin Reichlin-Boos
President, University of Applied Sciences, Eastern Switzerland (FHO), St. Gall; Member Swissuniversities – Rectors conference of Swiss Universities, Berne

Prof. Dr. Ursula Renold
Head of the education systems research area, KOF economic research department, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich

Dr. Thomas Sauber (Entry 31.10.2016)
Counsel, Lustenberger Attorneys-at-Law, Zurich

Elisabeth Schneider-Schneiter
National Councillor, Canton of Basel-Landschaft

Peter K. Steiner
Chairman of the Board of Peter Steiner Holding AG; Member of the Board of Directors of Sogelym Dixence, Lyon (F)

Prof. em. Dr. Ulrich W. Suter
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Department of Materials Science, Zurich

Georges Theiler
Entrepreneur, Lucerne

Leopold Wyss
Head Sponsoring & Donations, Novartis International AG

Samuel Bon
CEO and Executive Director

Peter Bissegger
Director Market Development

Urs Bösch
Director Business Administration

Florian Meister
Director Field Operations

From left: Markus Kupper, Head of Monitoring and Results Management; Adrian Stauffer, Head of Controlling; Stefanie Hosse, Head of Human Resources and Services; John Meyers, Affiliate Office USA; Anne Bickel, Head of Partner Programmes; Annette Altvater, Head of Knowledge and Content Management (from October 2016); Martin Koppa, Head of Acquisitions; Francine Thurnher, Head of Communications (sitting); Béatrice Horn, Head of Finance; Gabriella Crescini, Head of Client and Partner Relationships

From left: Benjamin Lang, South America; Ulrich Stucki, North and West Africa; Manish Pandey, South Asia; Veronique Su, Central-, East- and Southern Africa; Prashant Rana, Southeast Asia; Philippe Schneuwly, Central America; Henry Leerentveld, Eastern Europe