For the first time in its history, the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services (CCIG) will be chaired by two women entrepreneurs. Laurence de la Serna, Managing Director of Jean Gallay SA, will be chairing the Chamber for the third time. Isabelle Harsch, CEO of Henri Harsch HH, until now a member of the CCIG Committee, will take on the role of Vice-President.
In his speech, Vincent Subilia, Director General of the CCIG, warmly thanked Gilles Rufenacht, outgoing Chairman, for his remarkable commitment and looked forward to working with two exceptional women. Gilles Rufenacht will shortly be taking up his new position as CEO of Geneva Airport.
The CCIG General Meeting also appointed François Rohrbach, Managing Director and Director of Human Resources for Switzerland at dsm-firmenich, to the Committee (executive body).
In addition, the General Meeting appointed the following people to the Economic Council (advisory body) for the sectors:
- retail, Grégory Décaillet, General Manager, Migros Genève,
- business Advisory Services, Eric Duvoisin, International Tax Partner, Ernst & Young SA,
- freight forwarding, Thierry Moreno, CEO and founder, NV Logistics,
- chemicals, pharmaceuticals, fragrances and multinationals, Roch Ogier, CEO, OM Pharma,
- banking, finance, fintech, Denis Pittet, Managing Partner, Lombard Odier Group,
- retail, Thierry Steininger, Tax Director, Maus Frères SA,
- retail, Joël Vellas, Managing Partner, Bike Sold.
