Foundation Board

2014 – present
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of the stars Foundation Board, Weinfelden, Switzerland

2008 – 2014
Co-Founder and Chairman of the stars Foundation Board, Weinfelden, Switzerland

1994 – 2016
Member of the Board of UBS Wolfsberg and Congress Hotel Seepark AG

1994 – 2014
CEO, UBS Wolfsberg. Emphasis on Business Development, i.e. initiating, supervising, and conducting UBS Briefings, UBS Health Forum, UBS Arts Forum, UBS Study Trips, UBS Think Tanks, Wolfsberg Podium (www.wolfsberg.com)

1981 – 1994
Various responsibilities for UBS Management and Executive Development, Member and Chairman of the Board of UBS Art Collection

Concurrently
Member of the Board of various companies and foundations in Switzerland

Board Member; Vice Chairman, stars Foundation Board, Zurich, Switzerland

May 2023 – present
Chairman, Galenica; Vice Chairman, Barry Callebaut; Member of the Boards of Baloise Holding, Orior, Jacobs Holding

July 2019 – 2023
Vice Chairman, Barry Callebaut; Member of the Boards of Galenica, Baloise Holding, Orior, Jacobs Holding

2013 – 2019
Member of the Board of PwC Europe

2013 – 2016
Member of the Office of the Global Chairman of PwC

2012 – 2019
Chairman of PwC Switzerland

2010 – 2013
Member of the PwC Network Executive Team

2007 – 2008
Senior Partner PwC Continental Europe and Member of the PwC Global Leadership Team

2005 – 2007
Member of the Global Board of PwC

2003 – 2012
CEO PwC Switzerland

1992
Admission to Partnership

1985
Start at PwC

Concurrently
– Member of the ETH Foundation Board
– Vice Chairman of the Board of the Zurich Chamber of Commerce
– Vice Chairman of the Foundation Board of Avenir Suisse
– Chairman of the Finance and Tax Committee of économiesuisse
– Member of the Board of the «Zürcher Volkswirtschatliche Gesellschaft»

Board Member; Member, stars Foundation Board, Zurich, Switzerland

Professional Career

• Independent Board Director (since 1.7.2024)
  • Georg Fischer AG – Chair of the Audit Committee / Member of the Nomination & Sustainability Committee
  • TAKKT AG – Member of the Supervisory Board / Member of the Audit Committee
  • Family Office – Independent Director
• PricewaterhouseCoopers AG (PwC) 1.1.1994 – 30.6.2024
  Relevant roles:
  • Since 2002, Partner (Lead Audit Partner / Global Client Partner)
  • Up to 2012, Industry Leader for the Market Segment Industrial Products (Industrial Manufacturing, Chemicals, Transportation & Logistics and Business & Professional Services)
  • From 2013 – 2015, Regional Leader; leading the PwC Assurance practice in Zurich & Eastern Switzerland / Ticino with 6 offices and > 350 employees
  • From 2015 – 2018, Markets Leader Switzerland in Assurance and Member of the Executive Team (“Geschäftsleitung”)
  • From 2019 – 2022, Chairman PwC Switzerland
  • From 2023 – 2024, co-responsibility for ESG reporting / assurance in PwC Switzerland
• Industry experience
  • 30 years of relevant experience in Trade, Industry & Services
  • Ambition for deep understanding of clients’ business, strategy, operating model and management teams to ensure optimal support and delivery capabilities (“listen / understand / execute”)

Other Activities / Experience

• International assignments (London, Madagascar, Montreal). Madagascar was a co-sponsored assignment with the United Nations to look into the topic of better access to safe drinking water (UN SDG)
• Extensive client related business travels and building-up a relevant personal network in Europe, the US and China
• Former Governance leader PwC Switzerland; initiating and leading the PwC Audit Committee Forum (flagship client event of Assurance in Switzerland); board assessment projects
• Activities in professional organisations (recent and past): Avenir Suisse, IMD, Liechtenstein dialogue for development, Liechtenstein Finance Forum, Rive reine, Swiss Global Entreprise, Swissmem, the stars – leaders of the next generation, Zurich Commercial Chamber (Zürcher Handelskammer), Zurich Economic Society (Zürcher Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft)
• Worked with Korn Ferry International as management consultant after completion of university

1986 – present
Wenger & Vieli AG, Attorney-at-law; Partner since 1989

1985
Arnold & Porter, Foreign Associate, Washington DC

1982 – 1984
District Court of Meilen (Zurich)

1979 – 1982
Ringier AG, Legal Department

Concurrently
Member of the Board of various companies and foundations in Switzerland