Council of Sentinels

A small circle of individuals committed to observing the great transformations of our time.

• André Schneider Former CEO, Genève Aéroport Former Managing Director & COO, World Economic Forum | Former Vice-President, EPFL
• Concetta Lanciaux Founder, Concetta Lanciaux Advisory Former Executive Vice President, Human Resources & Synergies, and Adviser to the Chairman, LVMH
• Stefan Palzer Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Nestlé Member of the Executive Board | Scientist, Engineer & Technology Leader
• Benoît Dubuis President, Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) President, Fondation Inartis | Engineer, Entrepreneur & Ecosystem Builder
• Igor Ustinov Sculptor & Entrepreneur Artist | Designer | Observer of Human Transformation
• Claude Meier Divisionnaire, Armée suisse Former Chief of the Swiss Armed Forces Staff | Former Senior Officer, Geneva Centres for Security Policy
• Salvatore Cincotti General Manager, IBSA Group Founder & CEO, Altergon | Entrepreneur in Pharmaceuticals, Biotech & Diagnostics
• Alessandro Curioni IBM Fellow, Vice President Europe & Africa, Director IBM Research Zurich
• Jean-Philippe Fricker Co-founder & Chief System Architect, Cerebras Systems Computer Systems Architect | MSEE, EPFL

Correspondents

Sentinels who watch from where they are, and report what they see there.

• Stéphane Garelli Professor Emeritus of World Competitiveness, IMD & University of Lausanne Founder, IMD World Competitiveness Center
• Jan Wörner Former Director General, European Space Agency (ESA) Former President, acatech | Former Chairman of the Executive Board, DLR | Former President, TU Darmstadt
• Philippe Renaud Professor Emeritus, EPFL BioMEMS, Nanofluidics & Bioelectronics | Former Scientific Director, EPFL Center of MicroNanoTechnology
• Claude Nicollier Former ESA Astronaut — First Swiss Citizen in Space Honorary Professor, EPFL | Former Head of Flight Test, Solar Impulse