Governance
The University Board of Trustees is the strategic management of OST. Members are selected by the governments of the respective sponsoring regions. The Board consists of 15 members from business, society, science and education administration from the seven OST sponsors.
Board of Trustees
Chairman
Michael Auer
Founder and partner, Parrtner AG
Chairman of the Executive Committee
Member of the Finance Committee and HR Committee
Vice-Chair
Luzia Truniger
Owner of Hochschulconsulting
Chair of the HR Committee
Member of the Executive Committee
Members
Markus Bänziger
Director of St.Gallen-Appenzell Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Chairman of the Finance Committee
Member of the Executive Committee
Andreas Bong
CTO em., Advisor
Silvio Breitenmoser
Departmental Secretary of the Department of Education and Head of the Office for Secondary and Higher Education of the Canton of Appenzell-Innerrhoden
Member of the HR Committee
Andreas Deuber
Independent consultant / Member of a Board of Directors
Peter Kistler
Country Manager, Bruker AXS Schweiz
Member of the HR Committee
Chairman of the Rapperswil Regional Advisory Council
Agnes König
Director of Nursing, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen
Benjamin Mühlemann
Member of the Swiss Council of the Canton of Glarus
Edith Rehli-Wolfinger
Lead Physician, Spital Grabs
Roland Siegwart
Full Professor of Robotics and Head of Wyss Zurich, ETH Zurich
Claude Stadler
Chairman of the Board of Directors, WISTAMA Corporate Projects, SFS Group
Chairman of the Buchs Regional Advisory Council
Hanspeter Thür
Managing Director, University Council, Bank Board, and Board Member
Member of the Executive Committee and Finance Committee
Chairman of the St.Gallen Regional Advisory Council
René Weber
Owner and CEO René Weber Coaching & Beratung GmbH
Christof Widmer
Head Office of Middle and Higher Education Canton of Thurgau
Member of the Finance Committee
Advising Members
Zoe Stadler
Staff Representative, Head, Power-to-Gas Section, Institute of Energy Technology
Nancy Eckert
Head of the Office of the Sponsors' Conference and the Board of Trustees
Carlo Höhener
Director of Administration
Daniel Seelhofer
President
Denis Zanetti
Student representative, Systems Engineering student
Regional Advisory Council
Buchs
Claude Stadler, Chairman
Chairman of the Board of Directors, WISTAMA Corporate Projects, SFS Group
Patrick Berhalter
CEO and Chairman of the Board of Berhalter AG
Andreas Bong
CTO em., Advisor
Christine Egger-Schöb
Executive Management / Chairwoman of the Board of Schöb AG
Fabian Frick
co-CEO, Hoval AG
Werner Krüsi
Rhysearch AG, Chairman of the Board
Markus Probst
Noser Engineering AG, Business Development Manager / Head of Sales
Werner Schädler
Managing Director, OC Oerlikon Balzers AG
Dr. Barbara Schöbi-Fink
Deputy Governor of the State of Vorarlberg
Andreas Wälti
CEO Evatec AG
Rapperswil
Peter Kistler, Chairman
Country Manager, Bruker AXS Schweiz
Benjamin Mühlemann
Member of the Swiss Council of the Canton of Glarus
Martin Schaufelberger
CEO COLTENE Holding AG
Roland Siegwart
Full Professor of Robotics and Head of Wyss Zurich, ETH Zurich
Martin Stöckling
Mayor of Rapperswil-Jona
Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler
CDO and Member of the Executive Board of Swisscom AG
St.Gallen
Hanspeter Thür, Vorsitz
Managing Director, University Council, Bank Board, and Board Member
Christine Bolt
Director of Olma Messen St. Gallen
Andreas Deuber
Independent consultant / Board Member
Mathias Gabathuler
City Councilor of St. Gallen
Erwin Ganz
Managing Director of HPV Rorschach
Nicolas Härtsch
CEO Varioprint AG
Jérôme Müggler
Director of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Thurgau
Matthias Rhiner
Member of the Cantonal Council AI / District Council Oberegg
Isabel Schorer
Head of Farner St. Gallen AG / Member of Senior Management Farner AG
Sandro Stöckli
Chief Physician at the Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen
Office of the Sponsors' Conference and the Board of Trustees
Nancy Eckert
Head of the Office of the Sponsors' Conference and the Board of Trustees
Nicole Kunz
Deputy Head of the Office of the Sponsors' Conference and the Board of Trustees
Annika Bugajew
Administration Assistant
Contact
Office of the Sponsors' Conference and the Board of Trustees
Oberseestrasse 10, 8640 Rapperswil
+41 58 257 12 40
geschaeftsstelle-hr-tk@ost.ch