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Board of Trustees of the R. Geigy Foundation

The foundation's board of trustees fulfills the foundation's purpose and represents its values and vision externally. Its members bring diverse expertise from academia, business, and law, thus ensuring the foundation's purpose is optimally fulfilled.

jürg unziger

Prof. Dr. Jürg Utzinger

President

President of the Board of Trustees since 2023

Member of the Board of Trustees since 2016
Director of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), since 2015

www.swisstph.ch

Prof. Dr. Christoph B. Bühler

Prof. Dr. Christoph B. Bühler

Vice President

Foundation Board member since 2020
Lawyer, LL.M., Titular Professor of Business Law at the University of Zurich, Managing Partner at böckli bühler partner


www.boeckli-buehler.ch

gaby senn

Gaby Senn

Board Member

Board member since 2025
Sales Manager at Senn Development AG

President of the St. Gallen Art Association

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Prof. Dr. Nicole Probst-Hensch

Board Member

Member of the Board of Trustees since 2022
Former Head of the Department of Epidemiology & Public Health at the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH)

www.swisstph.ch

moergeli

Stefan Mörgeli

Board Member

Member of the Board of Trustees since 2019
Administrative Director of the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), 2008 to 2017

www.swisstph.ch

toffol

Jürg Toffol

Board Member

Member of the Board of Trustees since 1998
Dipl. Architect ETH SIA
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Daniel-Rüedi

Daniel O. A. Rüedi

Board Member

Member of the Board of Trustees since 2023
CEO and Managing partner with unlimited liability at Baumann & Cie, Banquiers 

marcel tanner

Prof. Dr. Marcel Tanner 

Honorary President 

Director emeritus  Swiss TPH, President emeritus Swiss Academies of Arts & Sciences (a+), Honorary President R. Geigy Foundation, Board Member FAIRMED, Board Member of FIND (Foundation for Innovative Diagnostics), President Förderverein University of Basel, Member of the Commission of the Museum of Natural History, Basel

Management of the R. Geigy Foundation

The management is responsible for the foundation's operational activities. It oversees the projects and ensures the strategic development of the foundation's areas of activity.

Lukas Meier

Dr. Lukas Meier

Managing Director

Managing Director of the R. Geigy Foundation since 2019

Dr. Lukas Meier

FORMER PRESIDENTS

– Prof. Dr. Rudolf Geigy
– Prof. Dr. Thierry A. Freyvogel
– Gaston Collon
– Prof. Dr. Antoine Degrémont
– Prof. Dr. Leo Jenni

– Prof. Dr. Marcel Tanner

FORMER FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS

– Beat Berger 

– Prof. Dr. Bruno Betschart
– Prof. Dr. Reto Brun
– Dr. Christoph Cottier
– Dr. Max Etterich
– Dr. Hugo Frei
– Prof. Dr. Niklaus Gyr
– Prof. Dr. Christoph Hatz
– Prof. Dr. Hermann Hecker

– Jean-Marc Joerin

– PD Dr. Louy Kayasseh

– Dr. Nicolaus Lorenz

- Bernadette Peterhans
– Prof. Dr. Gerd Pluschke
– PD Dr. Werner Rudin
– Dr. Stefan Ryser

– Jörg Schwarzenbach
– Theres Spieler
– PD Dr. Erich Stahel
– Prof. Dr. Dieter Stürchler

– Ulrich Wasser (Geschäftsführer)
– Prof. Dr. Niklaus Weiss
– Dr. Adrian Zumstein

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