Lecturers: CAS Family Governance & Family Office Excellence

The lecturers have been selected to ensure that each topic within the areas of Family Governance, Ownership Governance, Business Governance, and Wealth Governance is covered by experts from both academia and practice. Among others, the following specialists teach in the programme:

• Pascal R. Bersier, Founder & Managing Director, Brevalia AG
• Martin Dahinden, Dr., Diplomat, Swiss Ambassador to the USA (2014–2019), Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (2008–2014)
• Lukas Dörig, Head Client Relationship Management, Managing Partner, Marcuard Family Office
• Andrea Dorjee-Good, Partner, Trust and Estate Practitioner (TEP), Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law, Schellenberg Wittmer
• Fabian Gerber, Head Origination Primary Markets, SIX Swiss Exchange AG
• Thomas Hagmann, Dr., Managing Director, Innosight
• Carole Häusermann, Owner, Red Heights AG & The Family Business, Executive MBA HSG
• Oliver Herrmann, Senior Family Advisor, UBS EMEA and Switzerland
• Stephan Hostettler, Dr. iur., Managing Partner, HCM
• Dominique Jakob, Prof. Dr. iur., M.I.L. (Lund), University of Zurich
• Andreas Kellerhals, Prof. Dr. iur., LL.M., Director, Europa Institute at the University of Zurich and LL.M. International Business Law UZH
• Daniel Kertesz, Owner, Kertesz AG, Integrated Family Advisor, Mediator
• Sonja Kissling, Owner, Family Business Matters, Dr. oec., Attorney, LL.M., Mediator
• Urs Küderli, Partner and Leader Cybersecurity and Privacy, PwC Switzerland
• Norbert Kühnis, lic. rer. pol., Partner and Leader Family Business & SMEs, PwC Switzerland
• Jonathan Levy, Art Expert & Curator, Rothschild & Co, Wealth Management
• Roland Maurhofer, Dr. iur. (HSG), ELIGENDO AG
• Franziska Müller-Tiberini, Founder, familienunternehmen.ch, Partner, Mediator
• Julia Nicolussi, Prof. Dr. iur., University of Zurich
• Jürg Niederbacher, Partner, Leader Private Clients & Family Offices, PwC Switzerland
• Felix Oeschger, MLaw, EMBA, Family Office Executive, Gaydoul Group AG
• Falko Paetzold, Dr., Managing Director, Center for Sustainable Finance and Private Wealth (CSP), DBF, Universität Zürich
• Riccardo Petrachi, Dr., Head UHNWI Europe, LGT Private Banking
• Herbert Pfortmüller, Dr., Partner, Meili l Pfortmüller
• Ralph Pletscher, Director, Rothschild & Co, Global Advisory
• Ines Pöschel, Attorney, Of Counsel, lic. iur., Kellerhals Carrard
• Alexia Rambosson, Partner and Co-owner via A. Rambosson AG, Steinbrüchel Hüssy, Attorney, LL.M., Certified Tax Expert
• Dominik Riepl, Partner, MBA, MSc, TEP / Dip(ITM), Kendris
• Jean-Michel Roten, Vice President, Rothshild & Co, Global Advisory
• Marion Schihin, Master of Law, Master of Arts, Partner Dynamics Group
• Denise Schmid, Managing Partner and Co-owner Marcuard Family Office, Attorney, MBA
• Marcel Schmid, Managing Partner Swissbridge Advisory AG, MBA IMD, President Swiss-Hong Kong Business Association
• Thiemo Sturny, Dr. iur., LL.M., Attorney, Partner, Walder Wyss
• Mark Summers, Partner, Charles Russel Speechlys
• Olga Tcacenco, Partner, LL.B., TEP / Dip(ITM), Kendris
• Elena Torresani, Co-Head Philanthropic Investors and Partnerships, Member of the Extended Leadership Team, elea Foundation
• Benjamin Vetterli, Senior Family Governance Advisor, LGT Private Banking
• Astrid Vierlinger, Senior Compliance Expert, LCR Services AG
• Isabelle von Jeinsen, Co-Head Philanthropic Investors and Partnerships, Member of the Extended Leadership Team, elea Foundation
• Marie-Christine von Pezold, Independent Expert in Family Governance and Strategic Succession Planning, Managing Director FBN Switzerland and Senior Advisor, IMD Global Family Business Center
• Marionna Wegenstein, Owner, Wegenstein Communication
• Michael Wells-Greco, Dr., Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys
• Alexandra Zeiter, Dr. iur., Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law, Strazzer Zeiter Attorneys
• and others

Status as of February 2025. Subject to change.