Foundation Board
The role of the Foundation Board, which consisted of 52 members as of 1 January, 2022, 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 2022 Foundation Board
Hanne de Mora
Co-Founder A-CONNECT GROUP AG
Jill Lee
Chief Financial Officer SULZER
Michel Demaré
Supervisory Board Member VODAFONE GROUP PLC
Michel Liès
Chairman ZURICH INSURANCE GROUP
Gilbert Achermann
Chairman STRAUMANN HOLDINGS AG, IMD EMBA 2000
Thierry Lombard
Supervisory Board Member and Board Member GROUP
Tiina Alahuhta-Kasko
President & Chief Executive Officer MARIMEKKO CORPORATION
Christoph Loos
Chief Executive Officer HILTI CORPORATION
Hana Al Rostamani
Group CEO FIRST ABU DHABI BANK
Margarita Louis-Dreyfus
Chairman LOUIS-DREYFUS HOLDING BV
Vinita Bali
Non-Executive Director and Member of the Board SYNGENE INTERNATIONAL LTD
Jean-François Manzoni
President and Nestlé Chaired Professor IMD
Joan Beets
Partner KENNEDYFITCH, IMD MBA 2012
Geraldine Matchett
Co-CEO, CFO, and Member of the Managing Board ROYAL DSM N.V.
Martijn Brenninkmeijer
Chairman COFRA HOLDINGS, IMD MBA 1999
Stefan Michel
Professor of Strategy and Marketing FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE
Thomas Buberl
Chief Executive Officer AXA GROUP
Christian Mumenthaler
Group Chief Executive Officer SWISS REINSURANCE COMPANY LTD
Richard Carey
Managing Member REDWOOD TECHNOLOGY VENTURES LP, IMD MBA 1996
Bernhard Nuesser
President AMERA, Online and Digital ESSILOR , IMD MBA 1998
Ronan Cassidy
Chief Human Resources and Corporate Officer ROYAL DUTCH SHELL PLC
Damien O'Brien
Non-Executive Director ARDAGH GROUP AND REDROCK LEISURE GROUP
Boris Collardi
Founder THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT OFFICE 'TPIO'
Adolfo Orive
President and Chief Executive Officer TETRA PAK
Jo Deblaere
Chief Operating Officer & Group Chief Executive Europe ACCENTURE
Sami Rahal
Chief Executive Officer DELOITTE FRANCE & AFRICA
Alain Dehaze
Chief Executive Officer ADECCO GROUP AG
Philipp Rickenbacher
Chief Executive Officer JULIUS BAER
Henrik Ehrnrooth
President & Chief Executive Officer KONE CORPORATION
Urs Schaeppi
Chief Executive Officer SWISSCOM AG
Annika Falkengren
Managing Partner LOMBARD ODIER GROUP
Thomas Schmidheiny
Honorary Chairman of the Board of Directors HOLCIM, IMD MBA 1972
Harsh Goenka
Chairman RPG ENTERPRISES, IMD MBA 1979
Mark Schneider
Chief Executive Officer NESTLE SA
Ralph Hamers
Chief Executive Officer UBS
Severin Schwan
Chief Executive Officer, Roche Group F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE AG
Michael Hengartner
President ETH BOARD, IMD EMBA 2008
Ulrike Schwarz-Runer
Managing Director and Senior Partner THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP
Frédéric Herman
Rector UNIL
Feike Sijbesma
Supervisory Board Member of Philips and Co-Chair of the Board PHILIPS / GLOBAL CENTER ON ADAPTATION
Antonio Horta-Osorio
Chairman of the Board of Directors CREDIT SUISSE
Woods Staton
Executive Chairman of the Board ARCOS DORADOS SA , IMD MBA 1976
Karen Huebscher
Chief Executive Officer SOLVIAS AG, IMD EMBA 2000
Marie-France Tschudin
President NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS, IMD MBA 2000
Ilham Kadri
CEO, Chairwoman of the Executive Committee and Member of the Board of Directors SOLVAY
Robert Uggla
Chief Executive Officer AP MOLLER HOLDING AS
Jouko Karvinen
Chairman of the board FINNAIR OYJ
Martin Vetterli
President EPFL
Liselott Kilaas
Chair COALA LIFE, IMD MBA 1987
Penelope Warne
The Senior Partner and Chair of the Board CMS U K
Jorgen Vig Knudstorp
Executive Chairman LEGO BRAND GROUP & LEGO A/S ODDOBHF PARIS AND BANK ODDOBHF SWITZERLAND
Poul Weihrauch
Global President PetCare MARS INC
Peter Wuffli
Since 1 January 2020, former Foundation Board Member and Chairman Peter Wuffli has attended Foundation Board meetings as Honorary Chairman