Board of the Holcim Foundation
The Holcim Foundation has renewed its Board of Trustees, increasing multidisciplinary representation across the urban ecosystem.
Members of the Board
Board Alumni - Renowned Experts
- Marilyne Andersen, Professor of Sustainable Construction Technologies and Head, Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (LIPID), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
- Marc Angélil, Professor Emeritus of Architecture & Design, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Alejandro Aravena, Partner Architect and Executive Director, Elemental, Chile and Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2016
- Kate Ascher, Milstein Professor of Urban Development, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Columbia University, USA
- Maria Atkinson, Sustainability Business Advisor; and Founding CEO, Green Building Council of Australia, Australia
- Meisa Batayneh Maani, Founder and Principal Architect, Maisam Architects & Engineers, Jordan
- Christian Benimana, Co-Executive Director and Senior Principal, MASS Design Group, Rwanda
- Alexander Biner, Partner, MS Management Service AG, Switzerland
- Loreta Castro Reguera, Design Director & Founder, Taller Capital; Professor of Architecture, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
- Claude Fussler, former Director, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, France
- Harry Gugger, Principal, Harry Gugger Studio; and Professor Emeritus for Architectural & Urban Design, EPFL, Switzerland
- Yolanda Kakabadse, former President, WWF, Ecuador
- Rachel Kyte, CEO, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All); and Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), Austria
- Amory Lovins, Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), USA
- Enrique Norten, Principal and Founder of TEN Arquitectos (Taller de Enrique Norten Arquitectos), Mexico/USA
- Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Stuart Smith, Director, Arup, Germany
- Brinda Somaya, Principal Architect and Managing Director, Somaya & Kalappa Consultants, India
- Klaus Töpfer, former Executive Director, UNEP and former environment minister, Germany
- Simon Upton, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, New Zealand
- Muhammad Yunus, Founder, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh and Laureate of the Nobel Prize for Peace 2006
Board Alumni - Holcim Representatives
- Markus Akermann, former CEO of Holcim, Switzerland
- Magali Anderson, former Chief Sustainability & Innovation Officer (CSIO) and Member of the Executive Committee, Holcim, Switzerland
- Urs Bieri, former Deputy Chairman of Holcim, Switzerland
- Jens Diebold, former Group Head of Sustainable Development & Head of Strategy Europe of Holcim, Switzerland
- Bernard Fontana, former CEO of Holcim, France
- Nollaig Forrest, former Chief Sustainability Officer and Member of the Group Executive Committee, Holcim, Switzerland
- Jan Jenisch, former Chairman of the Board of Directors, Holcim, Switzerland
- Roland Köhler, former Member of the Executive Committee of Holcim, Switzerland
- Gérard Kuperfarb, former Member of the Executive Committee of Holcim, France
- Eric Olsen, former CEO of Holcim, France
- Rolf Soiron, former Chairman of Holcim, Switzerland
- Roland Walker, former Head of Corporate Communications of Holcim, Switzerland