- Josef Ackermann
Dr. Josef Ackermann (born February 7, 1948) is a Swiss banker. He has been Board Member of Deutsche Bank since 1996 and its CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee since 2002. Ackermann is a graduate of the University of St. Gallen (HSG). He was born in Mels, Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Josef Ackermann modernized Deutsche Bank by focusing on shareholders.
- Peter Glotz
Prof. Dr. Peter Glotz (March 6, 1939-August 25, 2005) was a German social democratic politician (SPD) and social scientist. Glotz was born in Eger, Sudetenland (now Cheb, Czech Republic), to a German father and Czech mother. His family was expelled from Bohemia in 1945 and resettled in Franconia. He studied Journalism, Philosophy, Germanistics, and Sociology at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich and the University of Vienna, …
- Kurt Dopfer
Kurt Dopfer is the Professor at the Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and also the co-director of the Institute for National Economics. Dopfer is best known for several contributions in evolutionary economics, such as the axiomatization of evolutionary economic approach (Dopfer, 2001). In his recent publication, Dopfer (2004) argues that a concept of "homo oeconomicus" has to be replaced by the concept of rule-based agent, …
- Peter Wuffli
Dr Peter A. Wuffli (born 26 October 1957 in Zurich) was appointed President of the Group Executive Board of UBS AG in December 2001 and Group Chief Executive Officer in September 2003. Previously, he was Chairman and CEO of UBS Asset Management and, before that, UBS Group Chief Financial Officer. From 1994 to 1998, he was the Chief Financial Officer at SBC and a member of SBC's Group Executive Board in Basel.
- Hans-Rudolf Merz
Hans-Rudolf Merz (born 10 November 1942) is a Swiss politician. Elected member of the Swiss Federal Council on 10 December 2003 as member of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD), he heads the Federal Department of Finance. Born in Herisau, Switzerland, he studied at Hochschule St. Gallen and graduated in 1971 as Dr. rer. publ. From 1969 to 1974, he was party secretary of the Free Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) in St. Gallen. Since 1977 he worked as a management consultant.
- Rolf Dobelli
Rolf Dobelli (born 1966) is a Swiss novelist and entrepreneur. He was born in 1966 in Lucerne, Switzerland. In 1986, he enrolled at the University of St. Gallen, where he studied business, earning his MBA in 1991 and PhD in 1995. He began working for Swissair in 1992 and held several managerial positions. In 1999, he co-founded getabstract, the world's leading provider of book summaries (both in fiction and non-fiction).
- Ruth Metzler
Ruth Metzler-Arnold (born May 23, 1964) is a Swiss politician and former member of the Swiss Federal Council (1999-2003). She was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on March 11, 1999, as a member of the Christian Democratic People's Party from the Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden. During her time in office she has headed the Federal Department of Justice and Police. She won 14 referendums during her time in office.
- Christoph Beat Graber
Christoph Beat Graber is a Swiss academic. He founded the i-call research center (International Communications and Art Law Lucerne) of the Law Faculty of the University of Lucerne and is the leader of the eDiversity Project in the framework of the NCCR Trade Regulation project. He teaches in the fields of international trade law, communications and art law, European and global media law and the sociology of law at the University of Lucerne, …
- Erik S. Reinert
Erik Steenfeldt Reinert (born 15 February 1949) is a Norwegian entrepreneur and heterodox economist. Reinert was born in Oslo, attended the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland (where he studied economics), Harvard University (MBA), and Cornell University (Ph.D.). Already during his studies, he spent time in Latin America, working with a community development project in the Peruvian Andes, as well as in private industry.
- Thomas Hesse
Thomas Hesse is President of Sony BMG Music Entertainment's Global Digital Business and US Sales. He reports directly to Tim Bowen, Chief Operating Officer for Sony BMG Music Entertainment. He is based in New York City. Hesse was appointed to the position of President in charge of Global Digital Business upon the completion of the SONY BMG merger in 2004. Since the beginning of 2007 he was also put in charge of SONY BMG's physical sales activities in the US, …
- Peer M. Schatz
Peer M. Schatz (*August 3, 1965) is Qiagen's Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee. He joined QIAGEN in 1993 as Chief Financial Officer. Peer Schatz was previously a partner in a private management buyout group in Switzerland and worked in finance and systems positions in Sandoz, Ltd. and ComputerLand AG as well as in finance, operations, …
- Wilhelm Krelle
Wilhelm Krelle was a German economist. He was born in Magdeburg, Germany. After returning from WWII, he studied physics, mathematics and economics in Tübingen and Freiburg. He received his Ph.D. in economics from University of Freiburg in 1948. His thesis advisor was Walter Eucken. In 1951 he received his habilitation from University of Heidelberg, where he was working under Erich Preiser.
- Daniel Nordmann
Daniel Nordmann (born 1955) is CEO of SBB Cargo. Daniel Nordmann has a degree in psychology from the Zurich College of Applied Psychology and an executive MBA in Logistics Management from the University of St. Gallen. Nordmann has been working at Swiss Federal Railways SBB since 1998, initially as Head of Corporate HR. He became CEO of SBB Cargo in 2000. Under his management SBB Cargo has adopted an aggressive strategy of growth on the North-South corridor, …
- Otfried Höffe
Otfried Höffe is a German philosopher. Höffe became professor of philosophy at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen in 1992. In 2002, he also became constant guest professor for philosophy of law at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. He has written many books on ethics, philosophy of law and economics, and about Immanuel Kant and Aristotle.
- Jost Gross
Jost Gross (March 1 1946 - May 6 2005) was a Swiss politician of the Social Democratic Party. From 1995 to his death he had a seat in the National Council. Gross was born in Flawil, Switzerland. He was educated as a lawyer and taught at the University of St. Gallen. From 1979 to 1987 he belonged to the executive branch of Steckborn. From 1980 to 1984 he was in the legislative of the canton of Thurgau ("Grosser Rat").
- Oswald Sigg
Oswald Sigg (born 1944, Zurich) is a Swiss journalist and presently a federal official. In August 2005, he was elected Vice-Chancellor and Spokesman of the government of Switzerland, the Swiss Federal Council. Sigg studied sociology and economics in St. Gallen, Paris and Berne. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party.
- Max Burger-Calderon
Max Burger-Calderon , Senior Partner, Chairman Asia, Apax Partners Worldwide LLP A graduate in economics from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, Max Burger-Calderon also holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He began his career at Dresdner Bank in Singapore and later joined The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Munich. After leaving BCG, he managed the successful turnaround of a family-owned tobacco company.
- Wolfgang Maass
Professor for computer science of media at the Furtwangen University, Germany (formerly FH Furtwangen), research topics: ambient intelligence, mobile marketing, e-commerce,Privatdozent (Senior Lecturer) at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland for information management
- Hans-Dieter Zimmermann
My major research interests concern the fields of Electronic Markets and Electronic Business. I am especially interested in the challenges arising from the Digital Economy, Mobile Business, and the potentials of 'Ubiquitous Computing' and 'Ambient Intelligence' in the context of value creation and the information society. For the well accepted international academic journal 'Electronic Markets - The International Journal' I am serving as a Co-Editor. See website for more information: . . .
- Franziska Tschudi
Franziska Tschudi graduated in law at the University of Berne and passed her bar exam there in 1984. She studied US law at Georgetown University, Washington DC, earning an LL.M. , and passed the bar exam for the US states of New York and Connecticut in 1987. Franziska Tschudi also did postgraduate studies at the University of St. Gallen (1991 to 1993), receiving an Executive MBA.
- James Ladner
James Ladner, Director and Board Secretary Mr. Ladner is a Swiss investment banker and economist, experienced in the natural resources sector. He is the former Executive Vice-President of Coutts and Co in Switzerland, and a former member of the Swiss National Bank Capital Markets Commission. He is currently a director of several public companies with international operations.
- Johann-Chr. Schiessl
- Ivana Ridler
Ivana Ridler , Non Executive Director Ivana was an investment executive at Alchemy Partners between 2001 and 2006 and previously was the Alchemy Plan’s representative on the Board until November 2006. Previously at Bear Stearns in London and New York, Ivana worked in the mergers and acquisitions team. She holds a masters degree in Business Administration and Economics from the University of St Gallen, Switzerland.
- Shameen Prashantham
Dr Shameen Prashantham, lecturer, presented a conceptual paper titled ‘Internationalization Routines and Capability Learning in New Ventures’, co-authored with Professor Steve Floyd (University of St Gallen), at the 2007 Academy of Management conference in Philadelphia held on 3-8 August 2007.
- Dirk Kleine
Dirk Kleine, Seven Senses Managing Director Dirk joined the ProSiebenSat. 1 Group in 2002, where he is now Managing Director of SevenSenses and Manager of Business Development and Digital TV of SevenOne Intermedia. Prior to this, Dirk worked for BSH Bosch Siemens Hausgeräte and Kirch Intermedia. He holds a PhD from the University of St Gallen and an MBA from the Universities of Lancaster and Vienna.
- Konrad Hurni
Konrad Hurni , CFO Dr. Konrad Hurni has over 12 years of international financial management experience with a successful track record in managing business operations in industry as well as capital arrangements deals and mergers.
- Vincent Dufresne
vincent dufresne information services · senior manager Vincent Dufresne is responsible for corporate development, technology, finance and administration. Previously, he co-founded Infobahn SA and Qlik.ch Sàrl.
- Stefan Bertschi
A sociologist and scholar of literature who combines the strengths of the social sciences and the humanities to gain new insights into the meaning, representation and perception of social behaviour (e.g. corporate culture, corporate responsibility).
- Marc G. Krummacher
See profile under www.krummacher.com: MBA degree with spezial focus on International HR and Leadership - more than 15 years of experience in International Human Resources Management working in Europa, Asia Pacific and the US with in-depths knowledge on Recruiting, Management Development (Talent and Succession Planning) and Performance Mgt. Besides, gained Project Management experience around design and implementation of a Global HR Information System (HRIS), i.e. managing a SAP HR 5.0 . . .
- Karsten Kilian
Assistant Product Manager at Unilever, Hamburg; Consultant with Simon-Kucher & Partners, Bonn; Head of Marketing and Consulting at WissensWerk, Frankfurt; Founder of Markenlexikon.com; Ph.D. Student at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
- Peter Janes
Professional skills: Project management, IT cost models, database design. Areas: - Life insurance: Pension system; - Banking: Investment banking, credit risk, IT cost models, private banking
- Simon Michel
After three years working for Orange Communications, leading major projects as the introduction of Public WLAN and 3G/UMTS in Switzerland, I am moving to SWX-listed family-business Ypsomed AG this year. Ypsomed is the leading independent manufacturer of self-injection systems focusing on the growing diabetes market. I have studied Media- and Communications Management at the University of St.Gallen (Switzerland) and the Lancaster University (U.K.) and have graduated in early 2003. . . .
- Sven Siepen
- Thomas Wiechert
- Thomas Grönholm
- Arnold Smeyers
- Maciej Luczak
- Kristin Wende
- Peter Braendle
- Stefan Grösser