IMD business school for management and leadership courses
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The Foundation Board
The role of the Foundation Board, which consisted of 54 members as of January 1, 2023, is to provide guidance to, administer, and represent IMD and generally oversee all steps and actions enabling IMD to achieve its objectives.
At their annual meetings in June and November, IMD Foundation Board members approve IMD’s overall strategic direction and financial results and elect the following year’s Foundation and Supervisory board members.
The 2023 Foundation Board:
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Michel Demaré
Chair, AstraZeneca Plc
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Hanne de Mora
Co-founder, a-connect Group AG
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Gilbert Achermann
Chair, Straumann Holdings AG, IMD EMBA 2000
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Christoph Aeschlimann
Chief Executive Officer, Swisscom AG
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Hana Al Rostamani
Group Chief Executive Officer, First Abu Dhabi Bank
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Tiina Alahuhta-Kasko
President & Chief Executive Officer, Marimekko Corporation
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Abdulrahman Al Jadhai
Chief Executive Officer, Elm
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Vinita Bali
Non-Executive Director and board member, Syngene International Ltd
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Joan Beets
Managing Partner, KennedyFitch GmbH, IMD MBA 2012
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Martijn Brenninkmeijer
Chair, COFRA Holding AG, IMD MBA 1999
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Thomas Buberl
Chief Executive Officer, AXA Group
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Richard Carey
Managing Member, Redwood Technology Ventures LP, IMD MBA 1996
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Ronan Cassidy
Chief Human Resources and Corporate Officer Royal Dutch Shell PLC
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Boris Collardi
Member of the Board, EFG International AG
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Jo Deblaere
Owner, Blaarweyde
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Alain Dehaze
Chairman and Member of Boards, GGE and Eiffel
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Jahangir (Jan) Doongaji
Chief Executive Officer, Hilti Corporation
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Henrik Ehrnrooth
President & Chief Executive Officer, KONE Corporation
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Annika Falkengren
Managing Partner, Lombard Odier Group
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Barbara Frei
Executive Vice President, Industrial Automation Schneider Electric, IMD EMBA 2007
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Harsh Goenka
Chair, RPG Enterprises, IMD MBA 1979
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Ralph Hamers
Group Chief Executive Officer, UBS Group AG
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Michael Hengartner
President ETH Board, IMD EMBA 2008
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Frédéric Herman
Rector, UNIL
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Karen Huebscher
Non-Executive Director and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee, Sandoz Group AG, IMD EMBA 2000
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Ilham Kadri
CEO & Chairwoman of the Executive Committee and a Member of the Board of Directors, Syensqo
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Jouko Karvinen
Chairman of the Board, Finnair OYJ & Solidium
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Liselott Kilaas
Chairperson Coala Life, IMD MBA 1987
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Jørgen Vig Knudstorp
Executive Chairman, LEGO Brand Group and Kirkbi A/S
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Jill Lee
Board member PSA International & Schneider Electric SE
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Axel Lehmann
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Credit Suisse AG
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Michel Liès
Chairman, Zurich Insurance Group
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Margarita Louis-Dreyfus
Chairperson of the Board Louis-Dreyfus Holding BV
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Jean-François Manzoni
President and Nestlé Chaired Professor, IMD
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Geraldine Matchett
Board Member, ABB
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Martin Naville
Chief Executive Officer, Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce
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Bernhard Nuesser
Chief Executive Officer, Héron Optique et Audition, IMD MBA 1998
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Damien O’Brien
Non-Executive Director, Ardagh Group and Redrock Leisure Group
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Adolfo Orive
President and Chief Executive Officer, Tetra Pak
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Sami Rahal
Chief Executive Officer, Deloitte DCE
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Philipp Rickenbacher
Chief Executive Officer, Julius Bär
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Thomas Schmidheiny
Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors, Holcim, IMD MBA 1972
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Mark Schneider
Chief Executive Officer, Nestlé SA
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Severin Schwan
Chief Executive Officer, Roche Group F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE AG
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Ulrike Schwarz-Runer
Managing Director, Senior Partner & Global General Counsel, BCG
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Feike Sijbesma
Chairman of the Supervisory Board & Co-Chair of the Supervisory Board, Philips and Co-Chair, Global Center on Adaptation (GCA)
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Woods Staton
Executive Chairman of the Board, Arcos Dorados, IMD MBA 1976
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Su-Mei Thompson
Chief Executive Officer, Media Trust, IMD MBA 2001
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Marie-France Tschudin
Board Member, AXA, IMD MBA 2000
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Robert Uggla
CEO, A.P. Møller Holding A/S
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Martin Vetterli
President, EPFL
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Penelope Warne
Senior Partner and Chair of the Board, CMS UK
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John Weeks
Professor of Leadership and Organizational Behavior, IMD
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Poul Weihrauch
Chief Executive Officer and Office of the President, Mars INC.
Since 1 January 2020, former Foundation Board member and Chairman Peter Wuffli has attended Foundation Board meetings as Honorary Chairman.