On June 2, 2023, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was pleased to welcome Rami Habib, CEO of Salesforce Switzerland. In the picture: Joumana Diab, President of the “Wharton Alumni Club of Geneva” (our sister club), Rami Habib and Philippe D. Monnier.
On March 9, 2023, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was pleased to welcome Camille Vial, Managing Partner of Mirabaud SCA.
On February 16, 2023, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was pleased to welcome Ms Fabienne Fischer, Minister of the Canton of Geneva in charge of the department of Economy and Employment.
On Ferbruary 1, 2023, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was very pleased to welcome Marc Walder, CEO of Ringier & Founder of digitalswitzerland.
On January 26, 2023, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was very pleased to welcome Raynald Aeschlimann, CEO and President of OMEGA.
On December 12, 2022, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was very pleased to welcome Ramon Esteve, President of the Swiss Trading & Shipping Association (STSA).
On November 23 2022, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland was pleased to welcome Michel Liès, Chairman of Zurich Insurance and President of Avenir Suisse.
On September 8, 2022, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland was pleased to welcome Hans-Kristian Hoejsgaard, Chairman of the Calida Group (that owns an array of famous brands such as Calida, Aubade, Cosabella, Lafuma Mobilier, etc.)
With this distinguished Wharton alum, the topic “sustainability in the textile industry” has been discussed.
On May 3, 2022, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland was pleased to welcome in Geneva Betrand Levrat, CEO of Geneva University Hospitals (HUG, 13,000 employees). This event was co-organized with the American International Club of Geneva.
On March 15, 2022, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was pleased to welcome today Stefan Butz, CEO of DKSH.
DKSH (33,000 employees; net sales: > $11 billion) is a Zurich-based SIX-listed global firm specialized in market expansion services.
Stefan studied business administration at the University of Bayreuth as well as executive courses at the Wharton School, etc.
The Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was pleased to welcome André Hoffmann, Vice Chairman of Roche (& representative of the founding family), Founder & Chair of the Hoffmann Global Institute for Business and Society (INSEAD) and Member of the Governing Board of the World Economic Forum (WEF).
This event took place on February 24, 2022 and gathered 65 participants; the event was organized together with the American International Club of Geneva, the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce and the Joint Chamber of Commerce.
On November 25, 2021 we had the honor of welcoming Giulia Fitzpatrick to briefly talk about “transitioning from executive to board positions”. Giulia is Board Chairwoman of Quintet Switzerland; she also sits on the boards of several large organizations such as PostFinance and Wordline Global. This event of the Wharton Alumni Club in Switzerland was held at Carlton Restaurant & Bar in Zürich.
On September 9, 2021 we had the honour to welcome Jad Ariss (WG 91) Managing Director, The Geneva Association. This event of the Wharton Alumni Club in Switzerland was held at Carlton Restaurant & Bar in Zurich.