Dr Beat Habegger

Dr Beat Habegger was an Executive-in-Residence within the Global Fellowship Initiative of the GCSP. Dr Beat Habegger is an independent consultant on risk management, strategic foresight, and strategic issues in sustainability and public policy. He supports private and public sector institutions with topical, analytical, strategic, and communicative expertise to help them navigate uncertain and complex situations and environments.

From 2011 to 2021 he was with Swiss Re, a world leading reinsurance and insurance company. His roles included Head of Political Risk Management, Deputy Head of Sustainability Risk Management, and Senior Emerging Risk Manager.

Earlier in his career, Beat worked as a risk and security consultant in a private consultancy, as project director at the Center for Security Studies of ETH Zurich, and as visiting research associate at international organizations, including the UN, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe.

Since 2005, Beat has been a lecturer at the University of St Gallen, teaching various courses in the University’s BA and MA programs. Since 2022, he is a senior lecturer ZHAW School of Management and Law, where he also serves as a member of the International Advisory Board. In 2009, he was a visiting fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy of the National University of Singapore.

In 2015, Beat was elected as member of parliament of the Canton of Zurich. After his reelection in 2019, he is currently chairing the committee that exercises oversight over the government and public administration of the Canton of Zurich.

Beat Habegger holds a PhD and an MA of the University of St Gallen and a ‘Certificat du programme international’ of Sciences Po Paris. He has completed a CAS in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education and an executive program in Leadership for Global Business and Politics at Yale School of Management.

For more information, please visit his profile on LinkedIn.