Organization
The Liberal Institute is sustained by a network of personalities committed to the values of a free society.
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Daniel Eisele | Pierre Bessard |
Chairman of the Board of Trustees | President and Executive Trustee |
Profile | Profile |
Institute Management
President | Pierre Bessard |
Vice-President | Olivier Kessler |
Research Director | Christian Hoffmann
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Assistant | Marc Jutzi |
Research Fellows | Philipp Bagus
Barthélémy Bonadio Christopher Detweiler Paolo Pamini Michael von Prollius Guillaume Vuillemey |
Associate Staff | Fabio Andreotti David Anzalone Jean-Baptiste Bernus Frédéric Jollien Barbara Kobel |
Board of Trustees
Daniel Eisele | Attorney-at-law, Zurich (chairman) |
Christoph Frei | Professor of political philosophy, St. Gallen (vice-chairman) |
Pierre Bessard | Economist, Lausanne and Zurich |
Victoria Curzon Price | Professor of economics, Geneva |
Beat Gygi | Publicist, Zurich |
Daniel Model | Industrialist, Weinfelden |
Robert Nef | Jurist, St. Gallen |
Sandro Piffaretti | Industrialist, Zurich |
Peter Ruch | Pastor, Küssnacht am Rigi |
Academic Advisory Council
Charles B. Blankart | Professor of economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
Silvio Borner | Professor of economics, Universität Basel |
Enrico Colombatto | Professor of economics, Università di Torino |
Harris Dellas | Professor of economics, Universität Bern |
Detmar Doering | Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Prague |
Richard Ebeling | Professor of economics, The Citadel, Charleston |
Guido Hülsmann | Professor of economics, Université d'Angers |
Jesús Huerta de Soto | Professor of economics, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid |
Hiroyuki Okon | Professor of economics, Kokugakuin University, Tokyo |
Pascal Salin | Professor of economics, Université Paris-Dauphine |
Pedro Schwartz | Professor of economics, Universidad San Pablo CEU, Madrid |
Roland Vaubel | Professor of economics, Universität Mannheim |
Auditors
Marty Revision AG, Lucerne |