Doing Business in Switzerland

Activities focus on issues and problems of particular interest to executives of American, Swiss and other international companies operating in and from Switzerland. Programs provide English information on Swiss business laws and practices, questions relating to the HR area and general issues affecting the Swiss business environment.

Chair

Adrian Mueller

Vice President & Managing Director HP Germany/Austria/Switzerland
HP Schweiz GmbH

Members

Anton Aschwanden

Head of Public Policy, Switzerland & Austria
Google Switzerland GmbH

Jasmin Aziz

Country Manager
Estée Lauder GmbH

Juan Beer

CEO Zurich Switzerland
Zurich Insurance Group AG

Heike Birlenbach

Chief Commercial Officer
Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.

Sabine Bruckner

Managing Director Switzerland
Pfizer AG

Alessandro Curioni

IBM Fellow, Vice President Europe & Africa and Director IBM Research Zurich
IBM Research GmbH

Myriam DeLeone

General Manager
Amgen Switzerland AG

Rolf Dobelli

Founder
WORLD.MINDS

Felix R. Ehrat

Member of the Board
Geberit International AG

Michael Gassen

Senior Vice President and President, Aptiv EMEA
Aptiv Technologies AG

Katharina Gasser

General Manager
Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG

Dimitri Gitas

Managing Director MSD Switzerland
MSD Merck Sharp & Dohme AG

Thomas August Gutzwiller

Member of the Board of Directors
Generali Allgemeine und Personenversicherungen

Stanislas Guy

General Manager Switzerland
Vertex Pharmaceuticals GmbH

Felix Emanuel Hess

Chief Financial Officer
Hilti Aktiengesellschaft

Bairbre Hickie

General Manager
Takeda Pharmaceuticals International AG

Catrin Hinkel

Chief Executive Officer
Microsoft Schweiz GmbH

Andreas Hinterberger

Senior Manager Public Policy DACH
Uber Switzerland GmbH

Dominik Hohler

Partner
Walder Wyss Ltd.

Roman Iselin

VP EMEA Regional Suppply Chain MedTech
Johnson & Johnson - Cilag GmbH International

Raphael Jenny

Head of Swiss Regulatory & Government Affairs
Glencore International AG

Philippe Jost

Corporate Construction
Sika Services AG

Christian Keller

General Manager & Chairman
IBM Switzerland AG

Chris Keller

General Manager Switzerland/Austria
Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL, Luxembourg, Zweigniederlassung Zürich

Burak Kilic

Country Manager UPS Switzerland & Austria
UPS United Parcel Service (Schweiz) AG

Maria Kirschner

Vice President, Country General Manager Kyndryl ALPS
Kyndryl Switzerland GmbH

Simon Kronenberg

Chief Executive Officer
Holcim (Schweiz) AG

Holger Laubenthal

Chief Executive Officer
Cembra Money Bank AG

Andreas Löhmer

Director Client & Market Development
IMD

Carolyn Lutz

Managing Director
MontaRosa GmbH

Roman Mazzotta

Head Legal, Crop Protection Syngenta Country President Switzerland
Syngenta Group

Marni McManus

Citi Country Officer, Switzerland, Monaco & Liechtenstein
Citibank (Switzerland) AG, Head Office

Bruno Messmer

Managing Director
DXC Technology Switzerland GmbH

Thomas D. Meyer

Operating Partner
BLR Partners AG

Nathalie Meyer

Country President Switzerland
Chubb Insurance (Switzerland) Limited

Lukas Morscher

Partner, Attorney at Law
Lenz & Staehelin

Yoshito Murakami

Global CFO, Power & Gas Power
GE VERNOVA SWITZERLAND

Karin Oertli

GCRG COO and Head C&ORC P&C and Switzerland
UBS AG

Max Pahlow

Managing Director Switzerland
Janssen-Cilag AG, Johnson & Johnson

Stefan Pfister

Chief Executive Officer
KPMG AG

Stefan Rösch-Rütsche

Country Managing Partner
Ernst & Young Ltd. (Switzerland)

Manuel Rybach

Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
EFG International AG

Reto Savoia

CEO of Deloitte Switzerland
Deloitte AG

Florian Schick

President Merck Switzerland
Merck (Schweiz) AG

Angel Serna

Senior Vice President, Global Public Affairs
Zurich Insurance Group AG

Marcel Stalder

Group CEO
Chain IQ Group AG

Joachim Stephan

Managing Partner BCG Switzerland
Boston Consulting Group AG (Switzerland)

Adrian Studer

EVP & Market Head Europe
Ecolab Europe GmbH

Thomas Studhalter

Chief Executive Officer
BDO AG

Nora Teuwsen

Country Holding Officer & Chairperson Country Management Committee
ABB Schweiz AG

Richard Thomas

Partner
PwC AG

Christophe Touton

SVP Global Accounts EMEA
Lee Hecht Harrison LLC

Georg von Krogh

Professor of Strategic Management and Innovation

Stephan Wildner

Managing Director, Switzerland
WTW AG

Bruno Wirz

Senior Client Partner
Korn/Ferry (Schweiz) GmbH

Thomas Zanner

General Manager Switzerland & Austria
AIG Europe S.A., Luxemburg Zweigniederlassung Opfikon

René Zierler

Managing Director
Hewlett-Packard (Schweiz) GmbH Headquarters Switzerland