Co-Chair of the Board of Trustees

André Hoffmann is a businessman and firmly believes in business as a force for good. He is a passionate advocate for the corporate pursuit of societal purpose and sustainability. He is Vice Chairman of Roche Holding AG, a highly innovative pharmaceutical company established by his great-grandfather in 1896. He also serves on the board of the fully-owned subsidiary, Genentech Inc.

Alongside these non-executive roles in the family business, he is co-chair of the World Economic Forum; he also joined the Board of SystemIQ to help drive positive disruption in economic systems. He is President of W.A. de Vigier Stiftung and Vice-chairman of the board of the Venture Foundation. Together with his wife Rosalie, he is chair of InTent, a platform which aim to accelerate sustainable solutions by building bridges and connecting people.

He also has a distinguished career in nature conservation and sustainability. He is the President of Fondation Tour du Valat, a world-renowned institute dedicated to wetland conservation and serves on the boards of Capitals Coalition, B-Team, Peace Parcs and the Givaudan Foundation.

He has also helped establish the Hoffmann Institute at INSEAD, and chairs its Advisory Board, and the Hoffmann Center for Sustainability at the Graduate Institute in Geneva.

He studied economics at St. Gallen University and holds an MBA from INSEAD.