Prof. Dr Bruno Gehrig

Nationality: Swiss
Year of Birth: December 26, 1946

Vice-Chairman

• 1971 - 1980:
  Assistant and, from 1978, lecturer at the University of Bern
• 1975:
  Doctorate in economics (Dr. rer. pol.) from the University of Bern
• 1978:
  Qualification as lecturer at the University of Bern with a study on monetary policy, following studies with Prof. Karl Brunner at the University of Rochester (NY), USA
• 2006:
  Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Rochester (NY), USA

• 1981 - 1984:
  Head of Economics Section at Union Bank of Switzerland
• 1985:
  Year spent studying international banking
• 1986 - 1989:
  Stock Markets and Securities Sales Division, UBS Group, as Head of Division from 1988
• 1989 - 1991:
  Chairman of the Executive Board of Bank Cantrade Ltd., Zurich, with responsibility for the other parts of the group
• 1992 - 1996:
  Professor of Business Administration at the University of St. Gallen and Head of its Swiss Institute Banking and Finance
• 1996 - 2000:
  Member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank
• 2001 - 2003:
  Vice Chairman of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank
• 2003 - 2009:
  Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss Life Holding

• 1984 - 1991:
  Chairman of the economic policy study group of the Christian Democratic Party (CVP)
• 1992 - 1996:
  Member of the Swiss Federal Banking Commission

• Chairman Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.
• Kartause Ittingen, Canton of Thurgau, Switzerland, Member of the Board of Trustees