Global Advisory Board

The Global Advisory Board

• gives general advice and reviews activities within ETH Zurich’s global strategy
• secures the coherence and synergy between related activities and the overall strategy of ETH Zurich
• brings in a long-term perspective about positioning ETH Zurich in the global higher education landscape
• gives a critical appraisal of ETH Global from an outside perspective

Members

Representatives of ETH Zurich

• Prof. Gerhard Schmitt, Senior Vice-President ETH Global (Chair)
• Prof. Gianni Blatter, Department of Physics, Representative of the Department Heads
• Prof. Alfredo Brillembourg, Department of Architecture
  
• Prof. Peter Edwards, Department of Environmental Sciences / Alliance for Global Sustainability
• Prof. Jaboury Ghazoul, Department of Environmental Systems Science
  
• Prof. Wolfgang Kinzelbach, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering / former President of the North-South Centre
• Prof. Felicitas Pauss, Departement of Physics / CERN
• Prof. Sotiris E. Pratsinis, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering
• Prof. Nicholas Spencer, Department of Materials Science
• Prof. Juliana Sutanto, Department of Management, Technology and Economics
• Rahel Zoller, President ETH Student Association VSETH
• Dr. Barbara Becker, Director Global Transformation Affairs, ex officio
• Dr. Jürg Brunnschweiler, Director Global Institutional Affairs, ex officio
  
• Anders Hagström, Director International Educational Affairs, ex officio

External members

• Jacques Bourgon, Executive Vice President, Holcim Group Support Lt.
• Dr. Sebastian Brändli, Canton of Zurich, Office of Higher Education
• Prof. Olaf Kübler, former President of ETH Zurich
• Prof. Dieter Ruloff, University of Zurich
• Prof. Andrea Schenker-Wicki, University of Zurich
  
• Dr. Thomas Wagner, former Mayor of Zurich and President of the Swiss-Chinese Association

GAB subcommittee to review bilateral agreements

• Prof. Gianni Blatter, Department of Physics, Representative of the Department Heads
• Prof. Peter Edwards, Department of Environmental Sciences / Alliance for Global Sustainability
• Prof. Nicholas Spencer, Department of Materials Science
• Dr. Jürg Brunnschweiler, Director Global Institutional Affairs, ex officio
• Anders Hagström, Director Global Educational Affairs, ex officio
• Dr. Angelika Wittek, Head Student Exchange Office, ex officio