President

The President of the ETH Board shall lead the business of the ETH Board and take those decisions assigned to him by the rules of procedure. The Board shall represent the ETH Domain to third parties.

• Study of law at the University of Zurich (lic. iur., Dr. iur.)
• Assistant Lecturer in Civil Law
• Practical training in Glarus, bar examination
• 1986 -1998 Legal Advisor at the Glarner Kantonalbank
• Since 1998 own law and notary practice
• 1984 Member of the School Board of Haslen
• 1985 Member of the Cantonal Council from Haslen (cantonal parliament, Grosstal district)
• 1986 School President of Haslen
• 1987 Election to Criminal Court
• 1990 Election to Council of States
• Member of the following committees and delegations of the Swiss Federal Assembly: Committee for Economic Affairs and Taxation; Committee for Science, Education and Culture; Committee for Legal Affairs; Member of the Delegation to the Inter-Parliamentary Union/previously Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
• 2003/2004 President of the Council of States
• Since 1 January 2008 President of the ETH Board