Rudolph Schiesser (*1959)
Chairman and delegate of the board of directors

After obtaining a commercial diploma, Mr. Schiesser studied at the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne and at Cornell University (Ithaca, New York). During the course of his career he spent three years as general manager of the Hotel Imperial Palace (Annecy, France) and was general manager of the Hotel Les Trois Rois (Basel) from 1994 to 2007. Mr. Schiesser is chairman of the board of directors of the Grand Casino Basel and of the Airport Hotel Basel and also a member of the board of Confiserie Schiesser (Basel). He is also lessee of the Hotel Touring au Lac (Neuchâtel).

Dr. Jürg Greuter (*1956)
Member

Dr. Greuter is a lawyer and solicitor. After obtaining a law degree from the University of Basel he began his career as an Associate with a law firm in Zurich. He has been a partner in the law firm Dietrich Greuter Wunder Abt Möcklin in Basel since 1990. Dr. Greuter is also a member of the boards of Medartis AG (Basel) and Tschudin & Heid (Waldenburg) amongst others.

Hans Wiedemann (*1953)
Member

Hans Wiedemann was born in Basel and studied at the Hotel School Lausanne, where he is now on the International Advisory Board. After a variety of positions in Switzerland, he spent 13 years working in Australia, lastly as the general manager of five hotels with 2000 employees. In China he established a hotel with 600 rooms and 1300 employees before returning to Switzerland, not least because of his two children Raphael and Rebecca. For 9 years he managed the Palace in Montreux, at that time owned by Swissair and Nestlé. Since 2004, Hans Wiedemann has held the position of General Manager at Badrutt's Palace Hotel, St Moritz. He is a member of the Swiss Hotel Archives Foundation Board.

Awards
Australian Service Excellence Award
Hotelier of the Year 2001
Hotelier of the World 2009