Céline Korzepa

Céline Korzepa is Finance and Administration Associate at the Ursimone Wietlisbach Foundation, responsible for finance, administration, and ensuring smooth daily operations. She brings over 20 years of experience in organisation, project coordination, and executive support. Her versatile expertise has been gained across diverse sectors, including foundations, tourism, and sports and event projects. Her previous roles…

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Merlin Ince

Merlin Ince provides administrative, organizational, and coordination support to the CEO and operations team of the Ursimone Wietlisbach Foundation. He has a research background in adolescent and youth wellbeing from the University of Cape Town, with project facilitation experience across community-based and multilateral settings, as well as academic institutions. He therefore brings practical experience in…

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Tanja Hänsli

Tanja Hänsli is Head of Operations at the Ursimone Wietlisbach Foundation, where she also leads the Promoting Sport impact area and oversees its related portfolio. She brings extensive experience in project management, operations, and executive support across the foundation and sports media sectors. Before joining the Foundation, she held key roles at the Beisheim Foundation…

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Marko Roeder

Marko Roeder covers the investment oversight and the venture philanthropy activities at the Ursimone Wietlisbach Foundation. He was previously Head of Asset Management and a member of the Executive Board at Vontobel. During his 17 years at Vontobel, he significantly expanded the area of sustainable and impact investments. He is convinced that entrepreneurial success can…

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Stefan Germann

Stefan Germann joined the Ursimone Wietlisbach Foundation in May 2024 as its first CEO. Before he was CEO of Fondation Botnar (Basel) for 7 years and was working for World Vision in a leading role. He is a global child health and well-being expert with over 30 years’ experience. He started up several social development…

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