Education and professional career
High School in Bern, Matura type C in 1977
Studies of law at the University of Bern from 1978 to 1985
Dr. iur. with the thesis "Die Gewähr für eine einwandfreie Geschäftstätigkeit gemäss Art. 3 Abs. 2 lit. c BankG" (guarantee of irreproachable business activity pursuant to Art. 3 para. 2 lit. c Bank Act) with Prof. Dr. Peter Saladin, University of Bern, and Prof. Dr. Peter Nobel, University of St. Gallen in 1989
Swiss Federal Banking Commission, Legal Service, from 1986 to 1995
Advisor for capital market law at Swiss Holdings in 1995
Partner in the Law Firm Leu & Aellen, Bern, in 1996
Swiss Federal Banking Commission / FINMA, Stock Exchanges and Markets Division, Deputy Head and Head of Stock Exchange Supervision from 1997 to 2011
Senior Manager at KPMG AG in Financial and Regulatory Services from 2011 to 2014
Independent Consultant in 2014 with the firm Dr. Marcel Aellen ¦ Consultancy in financial market law
Partner at Bratschi AG, attorneys-at-law, from 2015 to 2020
Most important further training courses
Training programme at the UK Treasury in 1998
Training programme at the US Securities and Exchange Commission in 1997
several IDEHAP seminars on EU law until 1995
Seminars of the University of Freiburg about Law making until 1995
Banking Supervisory Course of the Bank for International Settlements in 1993
Mandates (selection) with companies and institutions
Member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of MBaer Merchant Bank AG
Member and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of S.P. Hinduja Banque Privée SA
Member and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hinduja Suisse Holding AG
Member of the Board of Directors of UG Europe AG
Member of the Board of Directors of Haute Capital Partners AG
Member of the Board of Directors of Haute Capital Holding AG
Member of the Board of Directors of Haute Capital Properties AG
Member of the Regulatory Body of BX Swiss
Member and Chairman of the Board of the Association of Swiss Securities Firms