Executive Board

*1956, member of the Council of the States for the canton of Ticino (Christian Democratic party CVP) from 1999 to 2019, journalist/businessman (media), member of the Council of the Swiss Abroad (CSA) since 2001, president of the Council of States 2013, member of the Executive Board since 2013, Vice-President from August 2015 to August 2021, President since September 2021.

*1959, teacher of literature. Secretary of the Cercle Suisse de Guyenne et Gascogne since 1997, member of the Soliswiss Executive Committee (1998-2009), member of the Swissinfo Public Council (1999-2011), member of the UASF Executive Board since 1996, member of the Council of the Swiss Abroad since 1997, elected to the Executive Board of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad in 2021, Vice-President since October 2021.

*1965, journalist, delegate for cross-border and European affairs of canton Vaud from 1993 to 2002, mayor of Montreux from 2011-2021, member of the Vaud cantonal parliament from 2002 to 2015, National Councillor since 2015, member of the Council of the Swiss Abroad since 2016, member of the organisation's Executive Board since 2017, Vice-President since October 2021.

*1941, federal diploma in business administration, insurance broker since 2013, president of the Swiss Society in Milan, member of the "Ticinesi nel mondo" group of the CVP, treasurer of the "Gazzetta Svizzera" and "Collegamento Svizzero" in Italy, member of the Council of the Swiss Abroad since 2009, member of the organisation's Executive Board since 2017.

*1958, teacher, HKG business graduate, currently not employed. A “co-expat wife” Swiss Abroad since 1995 (China, USA, Canada, China, in Turkey since 2013). Active in local charity programmes or the Red Cross as well as in Swiss clubs in each country of residence. Involved with Swiss Abroad issues during many years of work on the executive board of FDP International, acting president since 2020. National Council candidate in 2011 and 2015, CSA delegate for Turkey since 2017. Member of the Executive Board of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad since 2021.

*1971, self-employed, licenced psychotherapist for children, adolescents and adults (2010), trauma therapist, primary school teacher Zurich (1995). Member of the Swiss Association Stuttgart since 2007, on the Board since 2019, member of the Council of the Swiss Abroad since 2019, Vice- President of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad-Germany since 2020 and its President since May 2023, member of the Executive Board of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad since 2023.

*1960, Master of Business Administration (lic.oec. HSG), management trainee programme in Toronto (banking), 1988–1997 Controller Vitra and Valora, 1994–1997 Director of Epéda-Mérinos in Paris, 1998–2015 Member of the Executive Board Swiss Bankers Association. Since 2015, esisuisse Deposit Insurance, Deputy CEO, Chief Operating Officer (Specialist in Deposit Insurance, Head of Finance/Human Resources/Information Technology). Member of the Council of the Swiss Abroad and Member of the Executive Board of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad since 2020.

*1968, MBA, CEPA – Began at KPMG in the SAP Relationship Practice as a Senior Consultant, promoted to Senior Manager (2001–2004); served at Novartis Consumer Health–Medical Nutrition (2004–2009) as Head of Business-System Integration, Internal Controls & Information Security, leading integration and compliance for the $2.5B divestiture to Nestlé; Head of Information Systems at Nestlé Health Science (2009–2011), helped build a $1B standalone medical nutrition business; Head of Digital Transformation & GRC at Nestlé Nutrition (2011–2017), led global digital, governance, and cybersecurity initiatives; Head of Information Systems & Enterprise Transformation at Faribault Foods (2018–2023); since 2024, Partner at Fortium Partners (fractional/interim CIO & CISO); also Managing Director at Exit Factor. President of the Twin Cities Swiss American Association since 2005, U.S. Delegate and Member of the Council of the Swiss Abroad since 2009, Board Member since 2017, Finance Committee Member since 2021, and Executive Search Committee Member since 2025.

*1960, physicist and professor at the University of Edinburgh since 1999, member of the Executive Board of the Federation of Swiss Societies UK (FOSSUK) since 2013, Vice-President of the Swiss Club Edinburgh, chair of the working group on the representativeness of the Council of the Swiss Abroad, member of the Council of the Swiss Abroad since 2013, member of the organisation's Executive Board since 2017.

*1959, lawyer at the Geneva bar, president of Solidar Suisse and the Swiss Tenants' Association; member of the municipal council of Thonex/GE (1991-2000), member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Geneva (2001-2003), National Councillor (2003-2019), member of the Council of States SP/GE since 2019 , member of the Foreign Policy Committee and the EFTA/EU delegation since 2019; co-president of the Swiss Abroad parliamentary group and of the Parliamentary Group for International Solidarity; member of the Council of the Swiss Abroad since 2005, member of the Executive Board since 2021.

*1976, Lic. iur. HSG, MBA, Swiss lawyer, Business Consultant. Served at the District Court of St. Gallen and at the Federal Department of Justice and Police (fedpol) as legal advisor and legislative project lead for federal law prior to relocating to Australia. Based in Adelaide since 2010; business consultant and coach since 2020 with own firm iuvio consulting. Board member of SwissCham Australia since 2019 (Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Australia) and co-founder and board member of Swiss Alliance Australia since 2020 (umbrella organisation of Swiss associations in Australia). Member of the Council of the Swiss Abroad since 2015, board member of the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad since 2021.