On March 19, 2025, the Swiss International Society (SIS) and the Wharton Club of Switzerland (WACS) had the pleasure of welcoming Brice Koch, Chairman of Hitachi Europe.
On February 10, 2025, the Swiss International Society (SIS) and the Wharton Club of Switzerland (WACS) had the pleasure of welcoming Borge Brende, President and CEO of the World Economic Forum.
On January 30, 2025 in Zurich, the Swiss International Society (SIS) and the Wharton Club of Switzerland (WACS) had the pleasure of welcoming Guy Parmelin, Switzerland's Federal Minister in Charge of Economic Affairs, Education and Research.
On January 15, 2024 in Geneva, the Swiss International Society (SIS) and the Wharton Club of Switzerland (WACS) had the pleasure of welcoming Cyrille Vigneron, Chairman of Cartier (Culture & Philanthropy) and President of the Watches & Wonders Geneva Foundation.
Pictured (from left to right): Milda Valciukaite (Olympic medallist and five-time world rowing champion), Cyrille Vigneron, Philippe Monnier.
On November 26, 2024, in Zurich, the Swiss International Society (SIS) and the Wharton Club of Switzerland (WACS) were delighted to welcome Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nestlé SA.
During this by-invitation event, Philippe Monnier interviewed Paul Bulcke on a range of topics, followed by an engaging Q&A session with the audience and a seated lunch.
A heartfelt thank you to Paul and the 58 distinguished participants from across Switzerland. Among them were the Chairpersons/CEOs of numerous outstanding companies, founders of promising start-ups, Olympians, etc.
On October 9, 2024, in Geneva, the Swiss International Society (SIS) and the Wharton Club of Switzerland (WACS) were delighted to welcome Gilles Andrier, CEO of Givaudan.
This event was organized with the branding cooperation of the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce and the Joint Chamber of Commerce.
In the picture (from left to right): Gilles Andrier, me, Joumana Diab (President of our sister club, i.e., the Wharton Club of Geneva); Yury Glazkov (Board Member of the Wharton Club of Switzerland).
On May 23, 2024, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was delighted to welcome in Zurich Margarita Louis Dreyfus, Chairwoman of Louis Dreyfus Company.
On May 16, 2024, in Geneva, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was delighted to welcome Philippe Fleury, CEO of FER Geneva (Business Federation of French-speaking Switzerland/Geneva).
On April 19, 2024, in Geneva, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was delighted to welcome Philippe Revaz. Since 2019, Philippe has produced and anchored the Evening News (Le 19h30) on RTS, the French-speaking Swiss national television channel.
On March 20, 2024, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was delighted to welcome in Geneva Alexandre de Senarclens, President of the Geneva International Motor Show (GIMS). The topic was the challenges and opportunities of the GIMS.
On March 5, 2024, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was delighted to welcome in Zurich Andreas E. F. Utermann, Chairman of Vontobel Holding AG. Andreas spoke about the following topic: “Pros and cons of Co-Leadership structures”.
On February 7, 2024, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was delighted to welcome in Geneva Helene Budliger Artieda, State Secretary for Economic Affairs (SECO).
On December 7, 2023, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was delighted to welcome in Geneva Roland Armbruster, CEO of Manor, Switzerland's largest department store group.
On November 9, 2023, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was delighted to welcome in Zurich Dr. Thomas Wellauer, SIX Group’s Chairman.
Thomas spoke about the following topic: “Digital Assets: Mass Market or Mass Illusion?”
In the picture (from left to right): Yury Glazkov (WACS Board), Thomas Wellauer (SIX), Philippe Monnier (WACS Board), Xiaodan Predoehl (WACS Board)
On October 19, 2023, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was delighted to welcome in Geneva Christoph Aeschlimann, CEO of Swisscom.
Swisscom (19,000 employees, annual sales > CHF 11 billion) is Switzerland’s leading telecoms company and one of its leading IT companies. It is 51% owned by the Swiss Confederation.
Christoph spoke about the “Deeptech Nation Switzerland” initiative developed within the Swisscom’s Group. This initiative aims to create 100,000 deep-tech jobs by 2030.
On October 3, 2023, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was delighted to welcome in Zurich Dr. Pietro Supino, Publisher and Chairman of TX Group.Pietro is also Chairman of the Boards of Directors of the three TX Group companies i.e. Goldbach, 20 Minuten and Tamedia. Pietro spoke about "Considerations in a changing media landscape".
On September 28, 2023, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was delighted to welcome Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in Geneva. Mirjana talked about “The role and challenges of the International Committee of the Red Cross ».
On September 13, 2023, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was delighted to welcome in Geneva Matteo Gianini, CEO of J. P. Morgan Private Bank for Switzerland. Matteo talked about the following topic: “J.P. Morgan : a state-of-the-art Private Bank”. In the picture (from left to right): Matteo Gianini, Alexia Boudjemaa (J.P. Morgan), and Philippe Monnier (WACS).
On July 7, 2023, the Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland (WACS) was delighted to welcome Paul Arni, CEO of VP Bank, a 930-employee international bank headquartered in Vaduz specializing in private banking. In the picture: Yury Glazkov, Board Member of the “Wharton Alumni Club of Switzerland”, Paul Arni and my modest self.
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.
