Study of business administration in Switzerland (University of Berne) and the USA. MBA from the University of Rochester, New York. Research advanced study (MSc; ADiplC) at Henley Business School, University of Reading, Henley on Thames/Oxfordshire. Postgraduate studies at the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Grenoble, France. Study of international business law at the University of St. Gall with M.B.L.-HSG Diploma.

For several years Investment advisor at a Swiss bank. Partner in management consultancy at the BPI Group (Paris). Manager at Roland Berger & Partner (former part of the Deutsche Bank Group). Managing Partner of Remaco Merger Ltd for eight years. Today, president of the board of directors & CEO of International Trust Group (itag). Member of various supervisory committees, such as the board of directors of a bank in Zurich and the board of management of the Basel Chamber of Commerce as well as the board of directors of Publigroupe SA, Lausanne. Also Member of the Swiss Bankers Association.