Swiss Centers Group SA / Foundation Swiss Centers

Non-profit foundation according to the Swiss Civil Code under the supervision of the Swiss Government.

The Foundation Swiss Centers offers to Swiss companies the opportunity to participate to foreign markets, to promote their technology and know-how, to organize shows and presentations and to propose pro-active solutions through market studies, researches and site implementation analysis, legal and administrative assistance and counsel, help in negotiation, counsel in industrial incubation, management of privileged information, and, last but not least, the opportunity to rent industrial sites, show-rooms and offices.

It is a non-profit foundation according to the Swiss Civil Code under the supervision of the Swiss Government.

Foundation Council

Dr. Jean-Jacques de Dardel
Dr. Jean-Jacques de Dardel has taken over the presidency of the Swiss Centers Foundation since 2019. Formerly Swiss Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, to Mongolia and the DPRK (2014-2019). Previously Ambassador to France and Monaco (2011-2014), UNESCO and OIF (2013). Head, Swiss Mission to NATO and Ambassador to Belgium. Former Head of the Swiss DFA Division in charge of Europe, Central Asia, Council of Europe and OSCE. In 2001, he founded and directed the DFA Centre for International Security Policy. Ambassador to the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie until 2000, previous postings in Paris, Canberra, Washington, Vienna, Bern.

Dr. Heinrich Berger
EMBA Rochester- Bern, Clariant International Ltd, Group Procurement Services, Head of Global Direct Spend. Holder of several management positions in the Chemical Industry. Used the Swiss Center Shanghai to build up company in Shanghai successfully. More then 10 years intensive business experiences with China.

Dominique Lauener
Chairman – Kif Parechoc CEO – Vice President of Acrotec holding, Vice President of the AIP (Association Industrielle et Patronalle), Member of various Board of Directors.

Nicolas Musy
Physics Engineer, EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) – Senior Consultant and founder of CH-ina (Shanghai) Co. Ltd – Project Manager and co-owner of the first industrial Swiss SME in China – 25 years experience in trade, investment and consulting with China and over 20 years residency in the Shanghai region.

Aline Garibian
Board member of two Swiss foundations and a committee member of the Cercle Suisse des dministratrices, which promotes diversity in governance. She is also a researcher at the IMD World Competitiveness Center. A former director of the Swiss Centers China (2012–2021), she supported the establishment of Swiss companies in China. Her distinctions include the Forum des 100 (2016) and Impulse Giver at the Europa Forum (2021).

Dr. Andreas Wyder
International leadership experience across four continents having held senior finance and strategic roles in both developed and emerging markets; e.g. CFO China among others.