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Thomas Schori has over 20 years of experience in leadership positions at international technology companies such as Check Point, T-Systems, and Microsoft. His expertise lies in major account management, strategic consulting, digital transformation, IT -security and cloud and managed services solutions. As a partner at Wirz & Partners, his focus is on general management, sales- and business-development for sectors such as public, FSI, and telecom.

Head of melectronics at Migros Fachmarkt AG, former Member of the executive board from the MCH group AG, President of the Pro Aqua Pro Vita Foundation, Board Member and co- founder of Ventbridge AG, and formerly member of the management team of Compaq Switzerland.

Pietro Pignatiello is an entrepreneur and consultant with 30+ years of leadership experience in international technology firms across mechanical engineering, supplier, food/pharma, and medtech sectors. He covers the establishment, development, and digital transformation of the company across the entire value chain. As a partner at Wirz & Partners, he focuses on general management, operations, IT, and development in the mechanical engineering sector.

Marc Geiger brings 25 years of leadership and consulting experience in financial services. With previous roles as Executive Partner at IBM Consulting and Partner at Capco, his focus lies on strategic transformation, digitalization, and leadership. At Wirz & Partners, he leads the Banking & Insurance practice with an Executive Search approach rooted in impact, strategy, and future readiness.

Co-founder and Managing Director of MyPrivateBanking Research (in 2019 successfully sold to Cutter Associates). Christian was a strategy consultant for Monitor Company and co-founded the technology research company FORIT in 1999. After the acquisition of FORIT by Forrester Research Inc., Christian became Managing Director of Forrester Germany and Research Director for Central Europe.

Andy Waar, Co-Founder and CMO/Chief Marketing Officer of Yapeal, Founder fintechrockers.com, founder of thescent.ch, founder of Tiger Zurich,former partner of the agencies Tigermedia and MagMagMedia, as well as guest lecturer at the HWZ (CAS Digital Finance). Andy Waar is a lawyer, digital marketing specialist, fintech enthusiast and passionate musician.

Beat is the founder and owner of the Air Navigation Institute and Air Navigation Services GmbH. Beat is the Chairman of the ICAO Instrument Flight Procedures Panel (IFPP, formerly OCP) in his function as the ABIS (group of States) member of the IFPP. Furthermore, Beat is a guest lecturer at the ZHAW (Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften).