LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
The Leadership Council includes up to 12 representatives from member and partner organizations, as well as from external actors. It servers to increase the visibility and reach of the network and its activities, provide intellectual leadership, stimulate dialogue, and support the mobilization of resources.
Co-Chairs
Océane Dayer
Founder and Vice President
Swiss Youth for Climate
Urs Wiesmann
Professor Emeritus
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
University of Bern
Members
Marc Chesney
Professor
Head of Department of Banking and Finance
University of Zurich
Mark Halle
Senior Fellow and former Executive Director for IISD Europe
Senior Advisor UNEP Inquiry
Bruno Oberle
Professor
Chair for Green Economy and Resource Gouvernance EPFL
Former Director of Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)
Patrizia Pesenti
Ringier-Delegate to the Executive Committee digitalswitzerland.com
Member Board of Directors
Credit Suisse
Former State Councillor for Ticino
Géraldine Pflieger
Professor
Co-Leader of the UNESCO Chair in Hydropolitics
Director of the Institute for Environmental Science
University of Geneva
Kathy Riklin
National Councillor CVP/PDC
Member of the Science, Education and Culture Committee
Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee
Anna Stünzi
Vice-President and Co-Lead Programme on Environment, Energy and Mobility
foraus - Swiss Forum on Foreign Policy
Thomas Breu
Director
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
University of Bern
[Representative of host institution]
Martin Fässler
Member of the Board
Biovision
Former Chief of Staff of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
[Representative of host institution]
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is comprised of the two Co-Chairs (Océane Dayer and Urs Wiesmann), the representatives of the host institutions (Thomas Breu and Martin Fässler), and the Managing Director (Andreas Obrecht).
It oversees financial, programmatic, and other operational matters.