Board of the Holcim Foundation

The Holcim Foundation has renewed its Board of Trustees, increasing multidisciplinary representation across the urban ecosystem.

Board of the Holcim Foundation

Board of Trustees of the Holcim Foundation (l-r): Carmen Diaz, Miljan Gutovic, Signe Kongebro, James Cameron (Chair), Alice Charles, and Thure Krarup.

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