Honorary President SEM Yoshinori Fujiyama
Japanese Ambassador to Switzerland
President Prof. Dr. Christian Schwarzenegger
Prorector at the University of Zurich. Legal scholar and criminologist Assistant professor at Niigata and Aichi Universities from 1994-1999 Visiting professor at Keio (2018) and Chuo (2019) Universities
Vice President Kyoko Ginsig
Teacher of Japanese language and calligraphy. Japanese narration and recitation. Intercultural communication and translation in Japanese and German. Born and raised in Japan.
Managing Director Marianne Häni-Lerch
Translator’s diploma, textile artist and family manager. During the past years, intensive studies of Japanese language and culture.
Tomoko Kobayashi
Executive Director Wealth Management der UBS Switzerland AG, Zürich, seit 2007. Capital Markets und Private Banking bei Nikko Bank (Schweiz) AG und Mizuho Bank (Schweiz) AG (1989 – 2007). Bachelor of Arts, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan. CFA – Chartered Financial Analyst.
Niels Viggo Haueter
Historian, Head Corporate History at Swiss Re Guest lecturer and speaker at various universities, including Hitotsubashi University in Kunitachi
Treasurer Michael Schmid
Senior Information Technology Project Manager, Treasurer/Webmaster.
Satoshi Sugimoto
Director External Communications – Europe/Asia, Novartis International AG (2019- ) Stv. Leiter Kommunikation Schweiz, Novartis International AG (2007- 2018). Head of Group Communications, Japan/Emerging Growth Markets, Novartis International AG (2004-2007). Brand Manager, Novartis Animal Health KK, Tokyo (2000-2001). Communications Officer, CIBA-GEIGY Japan Ltd., Tokyo und Takarazuka (1994-1997).
Prof. Dr. Hans Bjarne Thomsen
Professor at the University of Zurich. Head of the Department of Art History of East Asia. Dissertation on Ito Jakuchu at Princeton University. Born in Kyoto, grew up in Japan and Denmark.
Dr. Khanh Trinh
Kuratorin Japan und Korea am Museum Rietberg. Kuratorin und Lehrbeauftragte für japanische Kunst in Berlin, Tokio und Sydney.