Board of Directors

The Board of Directors manages the Foundation.

According to the By-Laws the Board of Directors  consists of a minimum of 3 and maximum of 7 members. The Board of Directors is formed by:

Marco G. Walser

Marco G. Walser was born in 1962 in Berne and was raised in the Canton of Ticino.

After completing a basic training in a Swiss Bank Marco enlarged his educational background obtaining the Swiss Federal Certificate of Fiduciary (graduated 1988), and the Swiss Federal Diploma of Certified Expert in Business Administration, CEBA (2002). From 1996 to 2006 he was a Lecturer at STS Swiss Fiduciary School on the subject of Asset Management.

He is the founder of the Walser & Partner Group which is part of AllShares AG and active in Switzerland, Dubai and Brazil. These firms are active in the field of Accounting, tax, Management Consulting and Real Estate.

At the end of 2010 Marco handed over control of the operative units in Switzerland to his 2 younger partners, Abdullah Demir and Tobias Wilhelm, who jointly also took over the majority of the shares of the group. Marco continues to serve as Group Chairman within AllShares AG and remains in charge of the international section (Dubai, Brazil).

Prior to starting Walser & Partner Marco accumulated professional experience with Ernst & Young, Zurich and Houston/USA, from 1985-1993; before that Marco had a 4 year engagement with CREDIT SUISSE and a management training in a Bank in Denver/USA, from 1981-1982.

Marco was active in Politics and in the Swiss Army: from 2002 to 2008 he served as Minister of Finance (Treasurer) in his City of residence Freienbach (Canton of Schwyz) and served previously in the Area of Logistics, as company commander and as member of the officer staff of the Logistics Battalion of Southern Alpine Region.

He is married to Tatjana Walser, a family father and he grew up in the Canton of Ticino (the southern, Italian speaking part of Switzerland); he is fluent in German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish French and English.

His Hobbies are: sailing, trekking, travel and aviation.

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