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Board of the LafargeHolcim Foundation Alumni

The leading individuals listed below have served on the Board of the LafargeHolcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction. The Board ensures that the activities of the LafargeHolcim Foundation are aligned with current interpretations of sustainable construction, and also inspires the Foundation’s approach by framing the architectural, scientific, cultural, and policy concerns that are integrated into its initiatives. The Board defines the strategies through which the LafargeHolcim Foundation encourages innovative approaches to sustainable construction.

Markus Akermann former CEO of Holcim, Switzerland Read more »

Marc Angélil Architect and Professor Emeritus of Architecture & Design, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland Read more »

Urs Bieri former Deputy CEO & Member of the Executive Committee, Holcim, Switzerland Read more »

Alexander Biner Partner, MS Management Service AG, Switzerland Read more »

Jens Diebold Head of Strategy Europe, LafargeHolcim, Switzerland Read more »

Bernard Fontana former CEO of Holcim, Switzerland Read more »

Claude Fussler former Director, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) & Special Advisor to the UN Global Compact, France Read more »

Yolanda Kakabadse President, WWF, Switzerland Read more »

Roland Köhler Economist, Switzerland Read more »

Gérard Kuperfarb former Member of the Executive Committee of LafargeHolcim, France Read more »

Rachel Kyte CEO, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) and Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, UK/Austria Read more »

Amory Lovins Chairman & Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), USA Read more »

Enrique Norten Principal and Founder, TEN Arquitectos, Mexico/USA Read more »

Eric Olsen former CEO, LafargeHolcim, Switzerland Read more »

Hans-Rudolf Schalcher Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland Read more »

Rolf Soiron former Chairman of the Board of the LafargeHolcim Foundation; Member of the International Committee of the Red Cross; and Chairman of the Board of Lonza Group, Switzerland Read more »

Klaus Töpfer former Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); former German Minister for the Environment, Germany Read more »

Simon Upton Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, New Zealand; former Director, Environment Directorate, Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development, France Read more »

Roland Walker former Head of Corporate Communications, Holcim, Switzerland Read more »

Muhammad Yunus Founder, Grameen Bank; Laureate, Nobel Prize for Peace (2006), Bangladesh Read more »

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