Dr. Balz Hösly is a renowned practitioner in Corporate Governance and issues of strategic change. He is member of several boards of directors. He focuses on corporate succession planning, inheritance law, e-commerce and interactive media. He has expert legal knowledge in issues of Public Private Partnerships and Public Governance.

Fields of Practice

• Corporate Governance and Board memberships
• Inheritance law and succession and estate planning
• Corporate strategy support
• E-Commerce and interactive media
• Live entertainment and ticketing law
• Public Governance and Public Private Partnerships

Current Board Memberships

• Chairman of the board: Greater Zurich Area, Zurich
  (Location marketing company; public private partnership)
• Member of the board and chairman of the risk committee: Nationale Suisse, Basel (internationally operating Swiss insurance company, listed at the SIX)
• Deputy Chairman of the board: AG Hallenstadion, Zurich (Switzerland’s biggest multifunctional indoor arena with private and public shareholders)
• Member of the board: Showwerk AG, Aegeri

Education

• Zurich University (Dr. iur.), 1987
• Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne: Program for Executive Development (PED), 1991
• MZSG (Malik Management Institute), St. Gallen: System-orientated Management, 2001
• Zurich University of Applied Sciences (zhaw/IAP) Certificate in systemic and solution focused coaching, 2006
• Centre for Corporate Governance, University St. Gallen: Certificate in Corporate Governance, 2009
• Swiss Bar Association: Certified Specialist SBA Inheritance Law, 2011

Languages

• German
• English
• French

Executive Experience

• Chairman of the board: Ticketcorner Holding AG, Rümlang
  (Swiss market leader in ticketing; private equity stock company) 2006-2010
• CEO of Switzerland's export promotion agency Osec, 2000-2004
• CEO ad interim of an internet banner advertising company, 2000
• Winterthur Insurance Group/Credit Suisse Group, Member of Senior Management, 1987-1999
• Country Coordinator for the U.K. and Denmark, 1991/1992 (Winterthur Group)
• Head Market Development Europe, 1993/1994 (development of the Winterthur Group in Central Europe)
• Project Director to develop and CEO of a new subsidiary company in Switzerland, 1995-1999 (direct insurance based on alternative distribution channels)
• Project Director for the Winterthur Group's global strategy review, 1998

Intercultural Experience

• Working and living experience in Belgium and the U.K. (1988/1989)
• International working and negotiating experience in European and oversea key markets on top management and government level

Political and Administrative Experience

• Working experience with the Swiss federal administration (state secretariat for economy, seco; foreign ministery, EDA) and the administration of the Canton of Zurich
• Member of the Zurich State Senate (parliament),
  1991–2003
• Member of the Executive Board of the Zurich State Senate, 1996-2003
• President of the State Senate’s Committee for administrative and parliamentary reforms (New Public Management), 1996–2003
• Leader of the Liberal Democratic Group (FDP = conservative, republican) in the State Senate, 1996–2003

Teaching Assignements

• Lecturer at IFZ-Institute, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (crisis and reputation management, data protection)

Memberships

• Swiss Bar Association (SAV)
• Zurich Bar Association (ZAV)
• European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
• Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA)
• Rotary Club Zurich-Turicum
• Chevalier dans l'Ordre National du Mérite (France)

Publications

• Unternehmensnachfolge: Auch für den schlimmsten Fall gerüstet sein, io new management Nr.11, 2010
• Broker und Internet- Vergleichsportale im Versicherungsvertrieb: Rolle, Transparenz und Herausforderungen an den Gesetzgeber. Versicherungsbranche im Wandel (FS Prof. Dr. Moritz W. Kuhn), Bern 2009
• Paradise lost (Banking secrecy in Switzerland), Business Guide No. 3, 2009
• Who's next? (Corporate Succession Planning), Business Guide No. 7, 2008
• Bonus vs. Salary, Executive Compensation in Switzerland, Business Guide No. 6, 2008
• Delightful Risks (Art Insurance), Business Guide No. 3, 2008
• Unternehmenskommunikation in kritischen Zeiten. Vortragsunterlagen Compliance, Zürich 2008
• Arzt und Politik. Arztrecht in der Praxis, Zürich 2007
• Chef haftet für bestechliche Angestellte (Korruption). Handelszeitung Nr. 44, 2006
• Reputations- und Krisenmanagement. Vortragsunterlagen Institut für Finanzdienstleistungen Zug (IFZ), Oktober 2005
• Checks and Balances, Globalbudgets im Spannungsfeld von Parlament, Regierung und Verwaltung. Vortragsunterlagen IDT-Frühlingstagung 2005, Institut für öffentliche Dienstleistungen und Tourismus, Universität St.Gallen, Mai 2005
• Aussenhandel als Grundlage des Schweizer Wohlstands, in: Die Volkswirtschaft. Das Magazin für Wirtschaftspolitik 6/2003
• Reformkommission des Kantonsrates des Eidgenössischen Standes Zürich: Parlamentsreform im Kanton Zürich - Eine Bilanz, KR 71/2003, Zürich 2003
• Die"neue" Osec mit neuen Aufgaben, in: NZZ 239/2002, special insert "Swiss companies abroad"
• New Public Management (NPM): Herausforderung für die Parlamente?, in: Parlament. Mitteilungsblatt der Schweiz. Gesellschaft für Parlamentsfragen, 1/1998
• Integrierte Marktbearbeitung am Beispiel eines Direktversicherers, in: Thexis, Fachzeitschrift für Marketing, 3/1996
• Das urheberrechtlich schützbare Rechtssubjekt, Zürich 1987