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

Michael Auer, Chairman Borad of Trustees OST

Chairman

Michael Auer

Founder and partner, Parrtner AG

Chairman of the Executive Committee

Member of the Finance Committee and HR Committee

Luzia Truniger, Vice-Chair Board of Trustees OST

Vice-Chair

Luzia Truniger

Owner of Hochschulconsulting

Chair of the HR Committee

Member of the Executive Committee

Markus Bänziger, Boad of Trustees OST

Markus Bänziger

Director of St.Gallen-Appenzell Chamber of Industry and Commerce

Chairman of the Finance Committee

Member of the Executive Committee

Andreas Bong, Boad of Trustees OST

Andreas Bong

Head Corporate Research & Technology, Hilti AG

Silvio Breitenmoser, Boad of Trustees OST

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, Boad of Trustees OST

Andreas Deuber

Independent consultant / Member of a Board of Directors

Peter Kistler, Boad of Trustees OST

Peter Kistler

Country Manager, Bruker AXS Schweiz

Member of the HR Committee

Chairman of the Rapperswil Regional Advisory Council

Agnes König, Boad of Trustees OST

Agnes König

Director of Nursing, Kantonsspital Münsterlingen

Benjamin Mühlemann, Board of Trustees OST

Benjamin Mühlemann

Member of the Swiss Council of the Canton of Glarus

 

Edith Rehli-Wolfinger, Boad of Trustees OST

Edith Rehli-Wolfinger

Lead Physician, Spital Grabs

Roland Siegwart, Board of Trustees OST

Roland Siegwart

Full Professor of Robotics and Head of Wyss Zurich, ETH Zurich

Claude Stadler, Boad of Trustees OST

Claude Stadler

Chairman of the Board of Directors, WISTAMA Corporate Projects, SFS Group

Chairman of the Buchs Regional Advisory Council

Hanspeter Thür, Boad of Trustees OST

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, Board of Trustees OST

René Weber

Owner and CEO René Weber Coaching & Beratung GmbH

Christof Widmer, Board of Trustees OST

Christof Widmer

Head Office of Middle and Higher Education Canton of Thurgau

Member of the Finance Committee

Zoe Stadler, Staff Representative, Head, Power-to-Gas Section, Institute of Energy Technology

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

Nancy Eckert

Head of the Office of the Sponsors' Conference and the Board of Trustees

Carlo Höhener, OST

Carlo Höhener

Director of Administration

Daniel Seelhofer, OST

Daniel Seelhofer

President

Denis Zanetti, Student representative

Denis Zanetti

Student representative, Systems Engineering student

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

Head Corporate Research & Technology, Hilti AG


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

Nancy Eckert, Head of the 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

Nicole Kunz

Deputy Head of the Office of the Sponsors' Conference and the Board of Trustees

Annika Bugajew

Annika Bugajew

Administration Assistant