H.E. Dr. Andreas BAUM
Ambassador of Switzerland to Japan
Ambassador Andreas Baum was born in 1963 in Zurich, Switzerland. He studied Medicine at the University of Lausanne, where he graduated with a Doctorate in 1989, followed by studies of International Relations and International Economics at the School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University, in Washington D.C., where he obtained a Master of Arts in 1990. In 1991, Ambassador Baum joined the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and was subsequently posted in Bern, Geneva and Ankara, Turkey. He returned to headquarters, where he joined the Political Division (Europe and North America) in 1993 and became Secretary to the State Secretary in 1996. In 2000, he was transferred as Minister and Deputy Head of Mission in Ottawa, Canada. In August 2004, Ambassador Baum was transferred to New York, where he served as Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative at the Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations. From 2008 to 2012, Ambassador Baum was the Ambassador of Switzerland to Nigeria, Chad and Niger, with residence in Abuja. From 2012 to 2016, he was the Ambassador of Switzerland to Israel with residence in Tel Aviv. From 2016 to 2020, he was the Ambassador of Switzerland to India and Bhutan, with residence in New Delhi. From November 2020, he takes up his position as Ambassador of Switzerland to Japan.
Prof. Dr. Michael O. HENGARTNER
President of the ETH Board
State Secretary Martina HIRAYAMA
Head of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research
Mr. Allan SUMIYAMA
Head of the Corporate Technology Strategy Division, Sony Group Corporation
Ms. Kyoko MARUMO SUZUKI
Head of the Science and Technology Office Tokyo,
Embassy of Switzerland in Japan
Mr. Raymond CRON
CEO
Switzerland Innovation
Prof. Dr. Mikołaj Jan PISKORSKI
Professor of Digital Strategy, Analytics and Innovation
Dean of Asia and Oceania
IMD
Prof. Dr. Osamu WATANABE
Executive Vice President for Research
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Christian SCHWARZENEGGER
Vice President, Faculty Affairs and Scientific Information
University of Zurich
Dr. Gianluca AMBROSETTI
CEO and Co-Founder
Synhelion
Mr. Thomas BRODBECK
President, Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (SCCIJ)
Head of Technical Service, Sika Japan
Ms. Naoko OGAWA
Director, Industrial Technology Bureau
KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)
Mr. Tetsuya TANAKA
Deputy Director-General
Industrial Science, Technology and Environment Policy Bureau
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)