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

General Manager DACH & Managing Director HP Germany
HP Schweiz GmbH

Members

Anton Aschwanden

Head of Public Policy, Switzerland & Austria
Google Switzerland GmbH

Laurent Aspect

Country Manager Switzerland
Zimmer GmbH

Jasmin Aziz

Country Manager
Estée Lauder GmbH

Juan Beer

CEO Zurich Switzerland
Zurich Insurance Group AG

Jens Brandes

Managing Director
Hewlett-Packard (Schweiz) GmbH Headquarters Switzerland

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

Graham Dorey

General Manager
Biogen Switzerland AG

Felix R. Ehrat

Member of the Board
Geberit International 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

Felix E. Hess

Chief Financial Officer
Hilti Aktiengesellschaft

Catrin Hinkel

Chief Executive Officer
Microsoft Schweiz GmbH

Andreas Hinterberger

Senior Manager Public Policy DACH
Uber Switzerland GmbH

Dominik Hohler

Partner
Walder Wyss Ltd.

Raphael Jenny

Head of Swiss Regulatory & Government Affairs
Glencore International AG

Philippe Jost

Corporate Construction
Sika Services AG

Chris Keller

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

Christian Keller

General Manager & Chairman
IBM Switzerland AG

Markus Kessler

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

Thomas Krennbauer

General Manager
Coca-Cola HBC AG

Simon Kronenberg

Chief Executive Officer
Holcim (Schweiz) AG

Varun Laroyia

Chief Executive Officer LKQ Europe
LKQ Europe GmbH

Holger Laubenthal

Chief Executive Officer
Cembra Money Bank AG

Michaël Lugez

General Manager Switzerland & Austria
Bristol-Myers Squibb SA

Carolyn Lutz

Managing Director
MontaRosa GmbH

Roman Mazzotta

Head Legal & IP, 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

Pierre Morneau

General Manager Switzerland
Takeda Pharmaceuticals International AG

Lukas Morscher

Partner, Attorney at Law
Lenz & Staehelin

Karin Oertli

Head GCRG Transformation, Group Governance and C&ORC P&C and Switzerland
UBS AG

Andrea Ostinelli

Managing Director External Partnerships & Head of Campus
Johnson & Johnson - Cilag GmbH International

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.

Manuel Rybach

Managing Director, Global Head of Public Policy & Regulatory Foresight, Credit Suisse AG
Credit Suisse AG

Reto Savoia

CEO of Deloitte Switzerland
Deloitte AG

Angel Serna

Senior Vice President, Global Public Affairs
Zurich Insurance Group AG

Jesse Sibarium

Vice President & General Manager
PTC Therapeutics

Marcel Stalder

Group CEO
Chain IQ Group AG

Hans-Christian Steckling

Managing Director
HCS-CONSULTING

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

Bruno Wirz

Senior Client Partner
Korn/Ferry (Schweiz) GmbH

Thomas Zanner

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