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Peter Gomez
CH

Professor Emeritus of Management,
University of St. Gallen

Biography

Activities
1947    August 23, born in St. Gallen, Switzerland


1966 - 1975    Undergraduate, graduate and doctoral studies, University of St. Gallen
1975 - 1976    Research fellow and part-time lecturer, University of St. Gallen
1977 - 1978    Visiting professor, State University of New York, Binghamton, USA
1979 - 1983    Senior Vice-President corporate planning and organization of Ringier Group, Zurich
1983 - 1989    Senior Vice-President corporate development and M&A of Distral Group, Zurich
1989 - 1990    Founding partner of Valcor AG, Zurich, consultants for strategic management and M&A
1990 - pres.    Professor at the University of St. Gallen, Director of the Institute of Management
1995 - 1998    Dean, Faculty of Business Administration, and Senior Vice-President, University of St. Gallen
1999 - 2005    President, University of St. Gallen
2005 - 2010    Dean,  Executive School of Management, Technology and Law, University of St. Gallen
2006 - 2007    Chairman of the Board of Directors, SWX Group Zurich and Eurex Zurich/Frankfurt
2008 - pres.    Chairman of the Board of Directors, SIX Group Zurich and Eurex Zurich/Frankfurt


Memberships
President of the Max Schmidheiny Foundation, St. Gallen
Member of the board of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies, St. Gallen
Member of the board of the  RWTH Technical University of Aachen, Germany
Member of the board of trustees of the Alfred Herrhausen Society for International Dialogue, Frankfurt
Member of the board of the Institute of Media and Communication Management, the Research Institute for Empirical Economics and Economic Policy and the Centers for Family Business, Social Enterprise, Latin America and Sino-Swiss Relations at the University of St. Gallen
Member of the board of the Swiss Finance Institute, Zurich
Member of the board of GBSN Global Business School Network, Washington
Member of the board of the Alumni Association of the University of St. Gallen