Our foundation Stiftung Zentrum Nachhaltigkeit is guided by our foundation board consisting of:
Professor Dr Rico Baldegger
President of the foundation board
Prof. PhD Rico J. Baldegger is Director and Professor of Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the School of Management Fribourg (HEG-FR), Switzerland. He has studied at the Universities of St. Gallen and Fribourg, Switzerland. His research activities concentrate on innovative start-ups, the entrepreneurial behavior of individuals and organizations, as well as the phenomenon of rapid-growth companies. He has published several books and articles and, since the beginning of the 1990s, he has been the manager of a business for company development. Moreover, he is a business angel and serial entrepreneur, as is demonstrated by the many companies he has created.
Beat Vonlanthen
Ex-Council of States CVP Fribourg (also Vice-President of the foundation board)
Beat Vonlanthen was born in 1957 in the canton of Fribourg. He holds a Ph.D. degree in law from the University of Fribourg and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Between 1986 and 1998 he worked in the Swiss federal administration, ultimately becoming vice-director of the State Secretariat for Education and Research. In 2004 he was elected to the government of the canton of Fribourg. At first in charge of the Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure department, he took responsibility of the economic affairs in 2006, a position he held until 2016. In 2010 and 2014 he was president of the Fribourg cantonal government. From 2015 until 2019 represented Beat Vonlanthen the Canton of Fribourg in the national Council of States.
Professor Dr Jürgen Fritz
Head of Industry Liaison and R&D at HEG-Fribourg
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Fritz is Head of Industry Liaison and R&D as well as Member of the Management Board of the School of Management of Fribourg (HEG-FR), Switzerland.
He has more than 15 years of international leadership experience in the aerospace, automotive, consumer electronic and pharmaceutical industry while working in organizations ranging from start-ups to multi-national corporations.
His responsibilities covered the development of highly innovative sensors, the customer quality in a plant for mechanical and electronic products, the quality management of a business unit for combustion engines, the development and deployment of quality standards worldwide as well as organizational transformations.
He has published several articles or books and shares his knowledge during international conferences.
Alexander Kaiser
HEG-Fribourg / Swinburne University Australia
Alexander Kaiser is an entrepreneurial personality with activities in financial services, primary resources and commercial real estate. He is visiting lecturer at the School of Management Fribourg and Director Industry Engagement in the Business of Business, Law and Entrepreneurship at Swinburne University Melbourne. Alexander Kaiser holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Accounting and Finance) from School of Management Fribourg (1999), an MBA from Monash University Melbourne (2008) and a Master of Commercial Law from Deakin University Melbourne (2008). He has a wealth of professional experience in the banking sector.
