Dr Fritz Schiesser, President

Fritz Schiesser, born 1954, Swiss citizen, Dr iur.

 

President of the ETH Board (70 %), Chairman of the Executive Committee since 2008

 

Lawyer at RHS & Partner Rechtsanwälte und Urkundspersonen since 1998 (part-time)

 

In 1982, Fritz Schiesser obtained a doctorate in law at the University of Zurich and has been a lawyer and notary in the canton Glarus since 1998. From 1990 to 2007, he was a member of the Swiss Council of States, where he served as President from 2003 to 2004, and he was President of the Foundation Council of the Swiss National Science Foundation from 1999 to 2007. Fritz Schiesser is a member of the Board of Directors of the Sandoz Family Foundation, Proto Chemicals, Schweizerische Mobiliar and Hefti. As of 2009, he is a member of the Foundation Board of the think tank Avenir Suisse.