Past Events

VERY RECENT EVENTS

October 9, 2024, in Geneva: with Gilles Andrier, CEO of Givaudan. More details.

LESS RECENT EVENTS

Over the past 30 years, Philippe D. Monnier has organized and/or conducted about 1000 events and/or interviews with prominent leaders, including virtually all Swiss Presidents/Ministers and top leaders of the largest Swiss-based companies.

Some examples of leaders are listed below. Titles are valid at the time of the event and/or interview.

International Organizations

Swiss Politics

Swiss Companies

Foreign Politics

Foreign Companies

Swiss Organizations/Universities; Others

These events/interviews have sometimes been organized/conducted in cooperation with or under the banner of the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland, the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce, the American International Club of Geneva, the Joint Chamber of Commerce, SwissMBA, l’Agefi, and the Wharton School’s Multinational Management Club.

Many of the interviews have been published in Swiss and international media such as Les Echos, swissinfo.ch, tecindustry.ch (Swissmem), I by IMD, Luxury Society, Prestige Immobilier, PME Magazine, Bilan, L’Agefi, Sphere, Helvet, Allnews and Swissquote.

Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President, International Committee of the Red Cross	Tatiana Valovaya, Director General, United Nations Office at Geneva	Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director General, World Trade Organization
Thomas Bach, President, International Olympic Committee	Børge Brende, President, World Economic Forum	Jean Todt, President, Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile
Morinari Watanabe, President, International Gymnastics Federation	Mohammed Ben Sulayem, President, International Automobile Federation	Arthur Dunkel, Director-General, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Ignazio Cassis, President of Switzerland & Minister of Foreign Affairs	Guy Parmelin, President of Switzerland & Minister of the Economy, Education & Research	Johann Schneider-Ammann, President of Switzerland & Minister of the Economy, Education & Research
Ueli Maurer, President of Switzerland & Minister of Finance	Karin Keller-Sutter, Minister of Justice and Police, then Minister of Finance	Viola Amherd, Minister of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport
Simonetta Sommaruga, Minister of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications	Doris Leuthard, President, Swiss Digital Initiative; former President of Switzerland	Helen Budliger Artieda, State Secretary, State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)
Fabienne Fischer, Minister of Economy and Employment, Canton of Geneva	Dr. Raimund Bruhin, CEO, Swissmedic	Mark Branson, CEO, Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)

Christoph Aeschlimann, CEO, Swisscom	Raynald Aeschlimann, CEO & President, OMEGA	Thomas Wellauer, Chairman, SIX Group
André Hoffmann, Vice-Chairman & Representative of the shareholder group with pooled voting rights, Roche	Sergio Ermotti, Chairman, Swiss Re; former and future CEO, UBS	Roland Armbruster, CEO, Manor
Pietro Supino, Chairman, TX Media	Tidjane Thiam, CEO, Credit Suisse	Andreas Utermann, Chairman, Vontobel
Camille Vial, Managing Partner, Mirabaud Group	Stefan Butz, CEO, DKSH	Matteo Gianini, CEO, J.P. Morgan Private Bank Switzerland
Paul Arni, CEO, VP Bank	Peter Spuhler, Chairman, Stadler Rail	Bjorn Rosengren, CEO, ABB
Fabrice Zumbrunnen, CEO, Migros Group	Ricarda Demarmels, CEO, Emmi Group	Magdalena Martullo-Blocher, CEO, EMS-Chemie
Paul Bulcke, Chairman, Nestlé	Roberto Cirillo, CEO, Swiss Post	Thierry Stern, Chairman, Patek Philippe
Marc Hayek, CEO, Blancpain	Dr. Christopher Franz, Chairman, Roche	Stéphane Bonvin, CEO, Investis
Oliver Pabst, CEO, Mammut	Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard, Chairman, Calida Group	Marc Bürki, CEO, Swissquote

Yingluck Shinawatra, Prime Minister, Thailand	Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, President, Mexico	GENG Wenbing, Ambassador of China to Switzerland
Kojiro Shiraishi, Ambassador of Japan to Switzerland	Edward T. McMullen, Jr., Ambassador of the USA to Switzerland	Yasushi Akahoshi, President, Japan External Trade Organization

Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, Chairwoman, Louis-Dreyfus Group	Oliver Blume, CEO, Porsche / Volkswagen Group	Rami Habib, Senior Vice President and GM Switzerland, Salesforce
Markus Duesmann, CEO, Audi	Akio Toyoda, President, Toyota and Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association	Donald Trump, Chairman & President, The Trump Organization
Alfred Herrausen, Sprecher (CEO), Deutsche Bank	Kenichi Ohmae, Managing Partner, McKinsey Japan	Jack Maisonrouge, Ex-Chairman, IBM World Trade Corporation

Michel Liès, President, Avenir Suisse; Chairman, Zurich Insurance	Marc Walder, Founder & CEO, digitalswizerland; CEO, Ringier	Ramon Esteve, Chairman, Swiss Trading & Shipping Association (renamed SUISSENÉGOCE)
Christoph Mäder, President, economiesuisse (Swiss Business Federation)	Fabio Regazzi, President, SGV/USAM (Swiss Industry and Trade Association)	Annette Luther, President, SwissHoldings
Philippe Fleury, CEO, Geneva Business Federation (FER-Genève).	Jean-Daniel Pasche, President, Fédération Horlogère	Brigitta Gadient, President, Switzerland Tourism
Bertrand Piccard, Chairman, Solar Impulse Foundation	Alexandre de Senarclens, President, Geneva International Motor Show	Joël Mésot, President, ETH Zurich
Jean-François Manzoni, President, IMD	Martin Vetterli, President, EPFL	Philippe Revaz, Anchor and Presenter, RTS (Swiss National French-Speaking TV Channel).