People
Team

Robert Ruttmann
Founder and CEO
Robert Ruttmann is the founder and CEO of the research consortium Redesigning Financial Services and serves as the Head of Customer Insight on Financial Services at Institute for Customer Insight, University of St. Gallen. Previously, Robert spent over 10 years in the financial services industry, working in Global Research at Credit Suisse, and 4 years in the Investment Office at Julius Baer, running a team of cross-asset strategists.
Robert has two master’s degrees from the University of St.Gallen, one in Banking and Finance, and one in International Affairs and Governance. He received his bachelor’s degree in 2002 in Economics from Bates College, US.
Strategic Steering Committee

Christine Schmid
Credit Suisse

Carl Verbrugge
Lombard Odier Group

Felix Wenger
Raiffeisen

Thomas Merz
Vanguard

Yamin Groninger
EY

Christian Mesenholl
Morningstar

Patrick Hunger
Saxo Bank

Alfonso Gomez
BBVA

Martin Jufer
GAM

Kristine Braden
Citi

Olaf Toepfer
EY

Prof. Dr. Ernst Mohr
Universität St. Gallen

Javier Rubio
BBVA

Alexander Braun
HSG

Prof. Dr. Simon Evenett
HSG

Prof. Dr. Karl Frauendorfer
University of St.Gallen

Martin Kull
Orange

Eunice Zehnder-Lai
Geberit

Jonathan Brander
Schroders

René Beeler
Zürcher Kantonalbank

Tobias Unger
Avaloq

Gabriele Donino
Expert System

Domingo Senise de Gracia
Expert System