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The Advisory Council of AIESEC in Switzerland

The Advisory Council is supporting AIESEC in Switzerland in it's strategic direction.


        Dr. Philipp Cottier

Philipp was an AIESEC member in St. Gallen. After university he joined Swiss Bank Corp’s funds of hedge funds group in Hong Kong and New York, and BCG in Sydney. From 1998 to 2008 he built up Harcourt Investment Consulting together with partners. Currently, Philipp is on the Board of Directors of several companies, including Bank Vontobel

  Charles Donkor

He is a former AIESEC member in St.Gallen and was President of AIESEC in Switzerland in 88/89. Prior to joining Hewitt, Charles has worked for seven years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Switzerland (Director) and two years for a leading European E-Learning consulting firm.

  Kerstin Lehmann

Kerstin started at AIESEC in 1992. Since the beginning, she attached great importance on an international focus in her work. She initiated several projects with the local committee of Pula, Croatia and in Puerto Rico before she was elected president of the committee. In 95/96, Kerstin become Vice president of Finance, HR and Projects in AIESEC Switzerland and was the first international National Committee member. After her studies in 1997, she started at Accenture Germany and transferred 2001 to Zurich. Today, Kerstin is Partner in System Integration in Financial Services.

  Regula Marti

Regula Marti studied international relations in Geneva, where she was also active in AIESEC. Soon after joining, she became president of AIESEC in Geneva. Afterwards she has been involved in the organization of the Connect conference. Regula has also been working on an energy project in AIESEC Mainland of China for 3 months. For the term 2008/2009 she was president of AIESEC in Switzerland and is now working on an IT Project in Credit Suisse.
  Markus Mettler

Markus Mettler was born in 1966 and grew up in the eastern part of Switzerland. At the age of nine he started importing Space Food from the USA. After completing high school in Trogen (Appenzell) and a traineeship in New York, he started a degree in business management at the University of Geneva. He successfully discontinued his studies after two years and became an entrepreneur. Markus Mettler is Founder & CEO of BrainStore Ltd.
  Daniel Schmutz

Daniel was a member of the local committee of St. Gallen from 1987-91, where he participated in the organization committee of the Forum. After University he worked as a Consultant in München and Los Angeles before he did his MBA in Finance at Wharton. He joined BCG Zürich, then Swiss Life until 2005, where he was Head of Group Strategy and Controlling. Since 2006 he is CFO of Helsana.
  Tobias Ursprung

Partner at Capvis Equity Partners. Active in the private equity industry since 1999. Board of Directors mandates: Uster Technologies, ETAVIS, SF-Chem, Machalke, de Sede and Ticketcorner. Previously CEO and co-founder of Global Venture Partners; Principal with Booz Allen & Hamilton in San Francisco and Dusseldorf. Ph.D. in Economics from University of Basel, Switzerland. Traineeships with AIESEC in Istanbul and Tokyo – member of local AIESEC Basel team in late 80´s
  Beatrice Weber

From 1987-1991 Beatrice was a AIESEC Member in Neuchâtel where she was also local president. She went to two AIESEC Internships in Canada and Mexico. From 1993 – 2002 she was a delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). This includes 6 years of field missions in Colombia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Abkhazia and Kosovo. Since 2006 Beatrice is CEO of Plan Switzerland.