Peter Athanas

Peter Athanas

Member of the Board of Directors of ALSO Holding AG since 2014 and Chairman of the Compensation and Nomination Committee.

Career Milestones

Year 
2009 until today CEO of pa impact GmbH, Baden, Switzerland
2013 until 2014 Senior Executive Vice President Corporate Development of Schindler Holding AG
2010 until 2013 Member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee of the Board of the Schindler Group
2002 until 2008 Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Ernst & Young Switzerland
2005 until 2008 Member of the Global Executive Board and member of the Global Management Group of Ernst & Young Switzerland
2001 until 2002 CEO of Arthur Andersen Switzerland, and member of the Global Board
1990 until 2002 Partner in the Arthur Andersen organization

Education

Master’s degree in Law and Economics and PhD in Economics from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Other activities and vested interests

  • Member of the Board of Cembra Money Bank Ltd, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Blackrock Asset Management Schweiz AG in Switzerland
  • Member of the Board of Skuani AG, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Member of the Board of Directors of KONTIVIA AG, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Member of the Board of the Institute of Public Finance and Fiscal Law of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • Council member of the Foundation for the Promotion of Studies for the Master’s Degree in Law and Economics of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Curator of the Werner Siemens Foundation, Zug, Switzerland
  • Professor of National and International Tax Law at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • Member of the Foundation Board of the Swiss Study Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Protector of Brunneria Foundation, Vaduz, Liechtenstein