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Carsten SCHLOTER, CEO, Swisscom |
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Francisco FERNANDEZ, CEO & Member of the Executive Committee, Avaloq Franciso Fernandez has been CEO of Avaloq since 2000. Fernandez was leading the growth of Avaloq from a start-up company to a holding company with more than 500 employees. The Avaloq Group AG is a Swiss software and IT services firm that specializes in banking software. Their core activity is the development and distribution of its own core banking system, the Avaloq Banking System, which is currently used by more than 30 leading banks in Switzerland. Fernandez has a degree in Computer Science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) and a post-graduate degree in business administration from BWI Zurich. |
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Frank BROWN, Dean, INSEAD |
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Igor AKHMEROV, CEO, Avelar Energy |
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Lonnie HOWELL, CEO, EFG International |
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Martin OESTERREICHER, Member of Group Management Board, Head Casualty Division, Swiss Re Martin Oesterreicher joined Swiss Re in 1978 as a member of the Non-Proportional Property Treaty department. Since then he has more recently worked on the underwriting side but across the entire time span also for more than 15 years in various client market functions. From 1983 to 1989 he worked in Tokyo and from 1989 to 1992 in Zurich in marketing for the Japanese and South Korean non-life market, before moving to the non-life marketing department for Germany, Central and Eastern Europe. In 1997 he was appointed head of this marketing department and a year later joined the Executive Team of the Europe Division heading Property and Casualty Underwriting. From 2001 till September 2005 he has been serving as Divisional Underwriting Officer for Europe Division. Martin Oesterreicher is Stanford Alumn. |
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Monika RIBAR, President & CEO, Panalpina |
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| Swiss Global Business Forum (Swissglobe) |
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Blaise GODET, Ambassador of Switzerland to China, Mongolia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Blaise Godet was born in 1947 in Neuchatel. He has a law degree from the University of Neuchatel and is qualified as a lawyer. He started his professional career in one of the big Swiss banks and entered the diplomatic service in 1974. Prior of being appointed Ambassador to China, Mongolia and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 2008, he served as Ambassador in over 8 countries as well as at Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. |
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Donald S. BEYER JR, the United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein |
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Gustavo RAITZIN, CEO Latin America, Spain, Russia, Central & Eastern Europe and Israel Gustavo Raitzin has been heading Julius Baer’s private banking business for the Americas, Spain and Portugal since 2005. As of 2010 heading International Markets in Latin America, Spain, Russia, Central, Eastern Europe and Israel. He began his career in international banking in 1981 with Citibank N.A. in Buenos Aires, New York and Zurich. In 1990, Raitzin joined Chase Manhattan Private Bank in Geneva as Director Latin America. From 1995 until 1998, he assumed responsibility for the Brazilian market and served as Chief Operating Officer for Latin America and Asia-Pacific at Union Bancaire Privée in Geneva. Until 2005, Raitzin held several key management positions with ABN Amro, including Head of Private Clients Latin America, Global Head of Products & Sales and Head of Private Banking Switzerland. He was a Member of the Executive Committee of ABN Amro Private Banking, Amsterdam. Raitzin graduated from the Belgrano University, Argentina, in 1989 with a degree in law. He completed senior management programs at Insead, France, and IMD, Switzerland. |
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Johnny CHEN, CEO, Greater China / Southeast Asia, Zurich Financial Services |
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Kurt HAERRI , Managing Director Top Range Division, Schindler Elevator Ltd & |
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Luiz Felipe LAMPREIA, Former Foreign Minister of Brazil Luiz Felipe Lampreia is the vice chairman of the Brazilian Center for International Affairs (CEBRI). He was Brazil's minister of state for foreign relations from 1995 to 2001. He has held a number of government positions, including permanent representative to the international organizations in Geneva (1993-1994), chief negotiator for Brazil in the Uruguay Round, secretary-general of the ministry of foreign relations (1992-1993), and under-secretary general for political affairs (1988-1990) |
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Maria Stela Pompeu BRASIL FROTA, Ambassador of Brazil to Switzerland (more info soon) |
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Stephan TITZE, CEO, Syngenta China Mr.Stephan Titze has been in China for the last 6 years, leading the growth track for the Syngenta Crop protection business to the leading market position in China, by introducing new technologies to Chinese farmers to improve their yields, food quality and farm income. He is originally Swiss and also an Australian citizen. He studied Agriculture and Marketing at Queensland University and spent his early working life in Australia with ICI, (now Orica). He has held various marketing and business management positions in Australia, Europe, East Europe, and Asia. Previous roles included General Manager Indonesia, Business Manager East Europe and European Strategy Manager. Stephan has been the Chairman of Crop Life China, the International Crop Protection Companies industry association in China and is also the Vice President of Swisscham China in Shanghai. |
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Felix M. SUTTER, Senior Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers & Swissglobe Chair (China Track) Felix M. Sutter is a senior Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Switzerland's Risk & Control Solutions Practice based in the Singapore office. He has had many opportunities to work and travel within the Asian region during the last decade. In particular, he has spent the last five intensive years, living in Beijing and serving local and international clients in mainland China. Having relocated to Singapore recently, he now focuses on serving MNC clients operating in or out of Asia. Mr Sutter's recent clients included China Life, New China Life, China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co. Ltd, Zurich Financial Services, Novartis, AIA/AIG, Shanghai Electric and Shandong Gold. Sutter has an Executive MBA from IMD, Lausanne. |
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| Leadership Forum |
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Beth KORN, Alumni Career Coach, Kellogg School of Management Beth provides career coaching to MBAs and alumni of top U.S. and international business schools. Beth focuses on personal effectiveness and is experienced in career transitions and career re-entry, helping people discover and launch their "Chapter Two." She helps her clients get "unstuck," providing motivation and accountability so that they can create their desired future. Beth counsels on a wide range of career issues, including: Resume Review, Self-Assessment, Search Strategies, Networking, Interview Preparation, Negotiations, and Executive Coaching. Beth has a strong industry background; she previously held senior marketing positions with Fortune 100 companies across the U.S., like Kraft, AT&T, and Time Warner. A native of New York, Beth holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management in Marketing and International Business, and a BA from the University of Michigan. She also trained at the Copenhagen Business School. For more information, go to: www.bkcareercoach.com
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Erich LEJEUNE, Holder of Order of Merit of the Republic of Germany |
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Hannah GREENWOOD, Managing Director, Cascãd & Associate of London Business School Hannah is a leading international teacher and Executive Coach who works with individuals and global teams, from senior executives to board level, to facilitate creative enquiry and implement change. She specialises in Transformational Leadership, Personal Impact and Communication. Formerly a teacher of English Literature and Language and Head of Counselling Courses at the Metanoia Training Institute for Psychotherapy, Hannah combines her teaching and therapeutic expertise to enable individuals to engage with their passion and to achieve excellence in their chosen field. Clients include London Business School, WPP, the BBC, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, Nestlé, Roche Pharmaceuticals and Danone. Hannah is also an Associate Tutor and Coach on Leadership Development programmes at London Business School, including the Senior Executive Programme, MBA, Sloan Fellowship. For more information, go to: www.hannahgreenwood.com |
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William COLLINS, Rotterdam School of Management |
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| Innovation Session |
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Diana VERDE NIETO, Founder & CEO, Clownfish Diana Verde Nieto is the founder and CEO of Clownfish, a sustainability communications consultancy established in London in 2002. Besides her 14 years of experience in the marketing communications sector, she has an extensive knowledge of sustainability issues and legislation. Verde Nieto has also served as a consultant specializing in marketing alliance for sustainable management. She has advised the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Sustainable Programme and has been involved with a number of non for-profit organizations, such as the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the United Kingdom Meteo-rological Organization (Climate Group), Clinton Global Initiative, Tomorrow’s Company, the United Nations Environment Program, the British Government and the European Union. In 2009 she was ranked 6th in the CSR International Top 100 Leader list. |
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Alan MATCHAM, Director, Leading Edge Forum Executive Programme |
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Marc P. BERNEGGER, Co-Founder, Country Manager Switzerland & Chief Customer Officer |
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Markus Schmid, Member of Swiss Re's Executive Board, Head of the IT Division Schmid started his career at Andersen Consulting in 1991 and, from 1996 to 2000, worked for Boston Consulting Group, where he mostly focused on market strategy, client segmentation and business models/organisation as well as IT value management. Markus Schmid joined Swiss Re in 2001 as Chief Information Officer and Executive Team Member of the Property & Casualty Business Group. His main focus was on managing the global implementation of the P&C application landscape. He fostered the development of a global approach to the operational steering of Swiss Re's P&C business and initiated the implementation of a global IT business support organisation on the basis of the ITIL framework. In 2005 he was assigned responsibility for Swiss Re’s Client Markets & Products related business application architecture including Life & Health, Property & Casualty, AdminRe and Commercial Insurance business. |
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Patrick GRISS, Business Unit Leader, Partner, Zühlke Group (more info soon) |
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