BOARD
The Board of Trustees represents the values and vision of the Foundation to the outside world. Its members combine wide range of expertise from the fields of science, business, law and architecture. Like this, they guarantee that the foundation fulfills its purpose in the best possible way.
President
Prof. Dr. Jürg Utzinger
Board member since 1993,
President since 1998,
Director of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), 1997 to 2015
Vice President
Prof. Dr. Christoph B. Bühler
Board member since 2020
Lawyer, LL.M., Honorary professor for business
law at University of Zurich
Managing Partner at böckli bühler partner
Member of the Board
Beat Berger
Member of the foundation board since 2008
Betriebsökonom HWV/MBA, real estate trustee, managing director Berger Liegenschaften AG
www.bergerliegenschaften.ch
Member of the Board
Prof. Dr. Nicole Probst-Hensch
Member of the foundation board since 2022
Head of Department Epidemiology & Public Health at Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)
Member of the Board
Stefan Mörgeli
Member of the foundation board since 2019
Administrative Director of the Swiss
Tropical and Public Health Institutes (Swiss TPH), 2008 to 2017
Member of the Board
Jürg Toffol
Member of the foundation board since 1998
Dipl. Architect ETH SIA
Senior Associate Partner Itten+Brechbühl AG
www.ittenbrechbuehl.ch
Daniel O. A. Rüedi
Member of the foundation board since 2023
CEO of Baumann & Cie
Member of the Board
Former Presidents and Foundation Board Members
The former presidents of the foundations:
– Prof. Dr. Rudolf Geigy
– Prof. Dr. Thierry A. Freyvogel
– Gaston Collon
– Prof. Dr. Antoine Degrémont
– Prof. Dr. Leo Jenni
– Jean-Marc Joerin
– Prof. Dr. Marcel Tanner
The former board members of the foundations:
– Prof. Dr. Bruno Betschart
– Prof. Dr. Reto Brun
– Dr. Christoph Cottier
– Dr. Max Etterich
– Dr. Hugo Frei
– Prof. Dr. Niklaus Gyr
– Prof. Dr. Christoph Hatz
– Prof. Dr. Hermann Hecker
– PD Dr. Louy Kayasseh
– Dr. Nicolaus Lorenz
- Bernadette Peterhans
– Prof. Dr. Gerd Pluschke
– PD Dr. Werner Rudin
– Dr. Stefan Ryser
– Jörg Schwarzenbach
– Theres Spieler
– PD Dr. Erich Stahel
– Prof. Dr. Dieter Stürchler
– Ulrich Wasser (Secretary General)
– Prof. Dr. Niklaus Weiss
– Dr. Adrian Zumstein