Former Chairman of Barclays Capital and Credit Suisse First Boston as well as a Member of the Executive Committee of Credit Suisse, Vice Chairman of Novartis and other board memberships.

Present positions: Chairman of Marcuard Holding Ltd, Member of the Advisory Board of TBG, Member of the Board of Guardian Capital, Member of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee at Rosneft Oil Company, Member of the Board of ICMB, as well as others.

In 1965, he graduated cum laude from the University of Bern in Economics.