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VERY RECENT EVENTS
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November 26, 2024, in Zurich with Paul Bulcke, Chairman of Nestlé. More details.
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October 9, 2024, in Geneva: with Gilles Andrier, CEO of Givaudan. More details.
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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
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 |
Swiss Politics
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) |
Swiss Companies
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 |
Foreign Politics
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 |
Foreign Companies
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 |
Swiss Organizations/Universities; Others
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). |
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.
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