Foundation Board
The Foundation is represented by a number of eminent people who fulfil the mission of the Foundation in accordance with the will of the founder. The Foundation Board is free of any political or commercial interests and is regulated solely by the Deed of Foundation. The members of the Foundation Board are co-opted.
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Dr. Max Gsell, President
Chairman of the Investment Committee
Max Gsell has served regularly on administrative and foundation boards since 1999.
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Prof. Dr. Lothar Thiele, Vice-President
Chairman of the Scientific Committee
Chairman of the Steering Committee for FIT
Lothar Thiele has been a full professor in the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at ETH Zurich since 1994.
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Prof. Dr. Crispino Bergamaschi
Member of the Scientific Committee
Member of the Steering Committee for FIT
Crispino Bergamaschi has been President of the Board of Directors at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland since January 2011.
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Dr. Bernhard Eschermann
Member of the Scientific Committee
Chairman of the Seed Money Committee
Bernhard Eschermann has been responsible for the global power semiconductor business at ABB since 2006.
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Heinz Karrer
Member of the Investment Committee
Member of the Seed Money Committee
Heinz Karrer is CEO of the Axpo Holding AG since 2002.
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Prof. Dr. Rolf Ingold
Member of the Scientific Committee
Member of the Steering Committee for FIT
Rolf Ingold is Professor and Dean in Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Freiburg
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Dr. Matthias Kaiserswerth
Member of the Scientific Committee
Member of the Seed Money Committee
Matthias Kaiserswerth has been Director of the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory since 2000.
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Prof. Dr. Louis Schlapbach
Member of the Scientific Committee
As the former Director of EMPA and Prof. emeritus in Experimental Physics (Uni FR, then ETH), he is in charge of the National Research Programme NFP62 "Smart Materials", is a KTI expert and also researches his ideas at the National Institute for Materials Science NIMS in Japan.
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Dr. Andreas Steiner
Member of the Investment Committee
Andreas Steiner was CEO of Belimo AG until 2007. Now he holds a number of supervisory and administrative board mandates (Swiss National Fund, University of Zurich, University Hospital Zurich, economiesuisse (education and research)).
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