About the Foundation

Board of Advisors

Sabine Döbeli

Member of the Advisory Board

Focus points: Sustainable finance, sustainable investments, sustainability management, sustainability research.

Education:
Masters degree in Environmental Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich.
Post-graduate degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Basel.

Activities:
Sabine Döbeli has worked in the field of sustainable finance for over 20 years in different roles. She is the CEO of Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF), that was established under her lead with the objective of making Switzerland a leading voice and actor in sustainable finance. Previously, she worked in two Swiss banks in the fields of sustainability research, sustainability management and sustainable investments.

Sigrid Lüber

Member of the Advisory Board

Focus points: Ocean and sea animal protection, underwater noise pollution, marine policy, governance in international bodies, CSO participation, science-policy interface, wildlife and environmental protection in general.

Education:
Vocational training as a technical draftswoman in mechanical engineering. Sigrid Lüber acquired her knowledge of the oceans and the legal foundations of international marine protection autodidactically.

Activities:
Sigrid Lüber is founder and president of OceanCare, an internationally renowned marine protection organization, which she has built up, shaped in terms of content and focused on policy work since 1989. She held the strategic and operational leadership of OceanCare until the end of 2021. She remains committed to the organization as president, continues to represent OceanCare, performs governance tasks, supports the team as a mentor and, with her profound expertise, ensures the quality of the work in marine conservation.

Sigrid Lüber is a member of the board of trustees of the Foundation for happy dogs and people, co-chair of the Joint Noise Working Group of the UN Agreement ACCOBAMS/ASCOBANS/CMS and member of the advisory board of the EU project QuietSeas.

Fred Baumgartner

Member of the Advisory Board

Focus points: Spatial development, urban development, architecture, tourism policy Switzerland and developing countries, child friendly spatial development.

Education:
Architectural studies hfg ulm, graduated from Stuttgart university, interdisciplinary postgraduate course on problems of developing countries (INDEL) ETH Zurich, study visit to Nepal and publication on sustainable development of trekking tourism.

Activities:
Research and consulting activities in tourism, teaching position at Braunschweig university of applied sciences, head of the settlement and landscape section at the Federal Office for Spatial Development ARE, research work and publications on the concept of sustainable spatial development. Participation in the conception and implementation of the label Child Friendly Community UNICEF Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Ueli Bernhard

Member of the Advisory Board

Focus points: Transformative learning for sustainability, educational reform and legislation, work environments and environmental markets.

Education:
Studies in economics at the University of Bern (rer.pol.), adult education SVEB.

Activities:
Head of studies at the WWF Education Center, own expertise and consulting activities with Green Jobs Bernhard GmbH, board of directors mandate in wholesale, member of the executive board of WWF Switzerland, executive board of the education coalition of NGOs, executive board of the professional association of the environmental industry, compost and green waste management of a large housing estate Aumatt Wohlen BE. Married, father of an adult daughter.

Lukas von Orelli

Member of the Advisory Board

Focus points: Foundation management, sustainable and impact investing, foundation law, promotion of science.

Education:
Lawyer (Dr. iur.), attorney at law and economist (lic. rer. pol.), coach.

Activities:
Managing director of the Velux Foundation, an international foundation promoting science (www.veluxstiftung.ch); president SwissFoundations (www.swissfoundations.ch), the association of Swiss grant-making foundations; various association and foundation mandates, lecturer at the university of Zurich, co-editor of the online commentary on the law on associations and foundations.