Operational Team

The foundation’s activities, the implementation of the Guilé Engagement Policy and the seminar centre are run by a team of experts in the areas of corporate responsibility, sustainability and event management.

Managing Director Fondation Guilé

Dr. Barbara Rigassi

Barabara Rigassi manages the activities of Fondation Guilé. With BHP - Brugger and Partners Ltd., a Zurich based strategy consultancy specializing in sustainability, she is Managing Partner. Earlier, she served as Member of the Executive Board of the Swiss State Secretariat of Economy, Head of the Economic Promotion Division.

Head Guilé Engagement Team

Dr. Thomas Streiff

Thomas Streiff was involved in creating the Guilé Funds and heads the Guilé Engagement Team that constructively works with the portfolio companies of the Guilé Funds. Thomas Streiff is partner with BHP - Brugger and Partners Ltd. Priorly, Thomas Streiff headed the Group Sustainability Management unit of Swiss Reinsurance Company.

Project Manager Guilé Engagement Team

Dr. Philipp Ischer

Philipp Ischer is project manager of the Guilé Engagement Team and ensures that the quality of the Guilé sustainability reporting assessments remains consistently high. He is the author of a series of quantitative and qualitative orientated economic and business articles and studies. Before joining BHP – Brugger and Parnters Ltd., he was director of infoclio.ch and worked for the Swiss Federal Statistical Office where he developed and maintained a set of indicators on the information society.

Communications Guilé Engagement Team

Andrea Gäumann

Andrea Gäumann is in charge of communication and engagement coordination at Fondation Guilé. She also analyzes and engages with portfolio companies, primarily with companies from the financial and pharmaceutical industries. Andrea Gäumann has been a member of the Guilé Engagement Team since November 2011. She studied sociology and business administration at the University of Zurich.

Guilé Engagement Team Member

Dr. Richard Vögeli

Richard H. Vögeli particularly engages with portfolio companies from the energy, extractive, chemical and financial industries. He brings more than 30 years of broad-based, international experience in to the table. He is member of the Executive Committee of BHP – Brugger and Partners Ltd. and heads research in sustainable investment of the institute for Economic, Bank- and Finance-Management of the University of Liechstenstein.

Guilé Engagement Team Member

Pascal Lüthi

Pascal Lüthi specializes in supply chain management and primarily engages with companies from the food and beverage industries. He is with BHP - Brugger and Partners Ltd. since 2006.

Guilé Engagement Team Member

Tobias Hurst

Tobias Hurst focuses on strategy development and sustainability ratings. He wrote his master thesis on "climate-neutral community services" in collaboration with a leading Swiss carbon offset provider.

Guilé Engagement Team Member

Véronique Veyrassat

Véronique Veyrassat lives in South Africa and is responsible of the South African portfolio companies’ engagement. She advises impact investing funds, family offices, foundations and private corporations in the development and execution of their philanthropic and Corporate Social Responsibility roadmaps and strategies.

External Advisor

Dr. Gilles Carbonnier
Professor of International Economics
at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva

External Advisor

Oliver Johner
Sustainability Manager at Franke Artemis Group
Until 2011 Project Manager of Guilé Engagement Team