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GROSS Management + Consulting AG​
Büelholz 10
8400 Winterthur

Thomas Gross

GROSS Management + Consulting AG​
Thomas Gross lic. iur., MBA
Büelholz 10
8400 Winterthur

​ ​+41 79 416 72 28​

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​Professional career

Seit 2014

​Since 2014 - GROSS Management+Consulting AG Winterthur (CH)
​Independent advisory and consulting

Since 2015 - BINT GmbH Winterthur (CH)
​Company specialized in the integration of strategies and processes, software applications and data, mainly in the areas of health care, public administration and energy,  Partner and, from 2021 onwards, independent advisor 

​Since 2015 - MAROBAG AG Dänikon (CH)
​Industrial carpenter’s company with 50 employees and sales of 10 mCHF  
Co-owner and Chairman of the Board of Directors 

Since 2016 - swissQuant Group AG Zürich (CH)
​Vice President of the Board of Directors

​Since 2017 - VP Bank (Luxembourg) S.A. Luxemburg (L)
​Member of the Board of Directors 

​2009 - 2013

​SIX GROUP Zürich (CH)
​CEO Division SIX Financial Information, former SIX Telekurs, Member of the Group Executive Board, management of the division with offerings in reference data, market data, terminals and customized data solutions (turnover CHF 378 m, sales offices in 23 countries, 1'300 employees)  

​2001 - 2009

​​CREDIT SUISSE Zürich (CH)
​CREDIT SUISSE Zürich (CH) Head of Securities Operations, 2004 – 2009 Managing Director and member of the “Global Executive Council” of the division Private Banking; management of this unit responsible for all securities operations for the assets booked at the bank’s Swiss Booking Center (all client segments, approx..700 mCHF, up to 700 employees) Head of „Business Technology“ (internal consulting unit; 2001 – 2004) 

1995 - 2001

McKINSEY & COMPANY Zürich (CH) / São Paulo (BR, 1998-1999)
​Associate – Engagement Manager – Associate Principal: managing and working on client projects, above all in the financial industry, furthermore in transportation and logistics

1992 - 1993

HILTI DEUTSCHLAND GMBH Leipzig (D)  
​Sales consultant with a sales territory in the firm’s “Industry and Public Administration” business area 

1991 - 1992

IPC INTERCONTINENTAL PACKAGING CORP. Rüti (CH) / Tuckahoe (USA)
​ Assistent des Präsidenten

1989 - 1990

SMH (today SWATCH GROUP) Biel (CH)
​Project manager for two parallel projects in the treasury and legal affairs

1989

BSI BANCA DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA Lugano (CH)
​Co-ordinator of an operational improvement program across the entire bank

​Education

1993 - 1995

​​MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Cambridge, MA (USA)
​Master of Business Administration

1984 - 1989

UNIVERSITE DE NEUCHATEL Neuchâtel (CH)
​Master’s degree in Law (lic. iur.)

1977 - 1983

KANTONSSCHULE RYCHENBERG Winterthur (CH)
​Type B Swiss baccalaureate

​ Non-professional Commitments and Memberships

Seit 2022

​​DIGITAL SWITZERLAND
​Member of the Steering Committee Digital Health Initiative

Seit 2017

​​​BoardFinder
​ Member

Seit 2014

HERRENSTUBEN-GESELLSCHAFT, WINTERTHUR
​Stubenmeister (president) of this traditional association, similar to a guild, with origins to the 14th century

Seit 2011

VEREIN ZIVILGESELLSCHAFT
​Member of the Advisory Board (“Beirat”)

2005 - 2017

​KANTONSSCHULE RYCHENBERG, WINTERTHUR
​2005-2010 Member, 2010-2014 Vice Chairman and 2014-2017 Chairman of the supervisory school board

1984 - 2008

​​SWISS ARMY
​Lieutenant colonel in the Army’s General Staff; assignments included   the functions of assigned general staff officer to the chief of staff of the field army corps 4, commander of two artillery battalions; at last commander of an army staff unit, reporting directly to the Chief of the Armed Forces

Claudia Gross

GROSS Management + Consulting AG​
​Mag. Dr. Claudia Gross-Wandl
Büelholz 10
8400 Winterthur

​ ​+41 79 416 72 28​

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​Professional career

Seit 2014

​Since 2014 - GROSS Management+Consulting AG Winterthur (CH)
​Independent advisory and consulting

Since 2015 - MAROBAG AG Dänikon (CH)
​Industrial carpenter’s company with 50 employees and sales of 10 CHFm  Co-owner and member of the Board of Directors

2002 - 2013

​ISOPUBLIC Institut für Mark- und Meinungsforschung, Schwerzenbach (CH)
​Senior consultant, member of the executive board (direction of the project teams, human resource, acquisition and customer relationship management, direction of high-complexity-projects including analysis, reporting and consulting)

1997 - 2002

​​Verband der Marktforscher Österreichs (VMÖ), Wien, Österreich (AT)
​Member of the Board, later president (strategic positioning of the association, conception and organization of training, social events, lobbying)

1995 - 2002

ÖSTERREICHISCHES GALLUP-INSTITUT, Vienna, Austria (AT) 
Senior Research Executive

1992 - 1995

INSITUT FÜR HANDEL, ABSATZ UND MARKETING der Johannes-Kepler-Universität Linz, Österreich (AT)
​Assistant professor

​Education

1991 - 1994

​​Post graduate studies   ​ PhD in Social sciences and Economics (Johannes-Kepler-University Linz, Austria)   

1986 - 1991

Studies of business administration, focus on marketing and accounting (Johannes-Kepler-University Linz, Austria), graduation in 1991  

1981 - 1986

Bundeshandelsakademie Perg Austria, ​ 
(Commercial high school)

​​Publication

Der Stand des Marketing in Österreich, in: Kulhavy, E. (Hg.): Marketing 1993 in Tschechien, Ungarn, Polen, der Slowakei und Österreich, Linz 1994
Österreichische Unternehmen als Marktforschungsauftraggeber, in: Werbeforschung & Praxis 2/94
Das Image von Milch (mit Aigner J.), Linz 1994
Trends in der Marktforschung, in: Kulhavy, E. (Ed.): Zukunftsperspektiven im Marketing, Linz 1994
Die Einführung des Marketing in den Unternehmungen der österreichischen Wirtschaft, Linz 1995
Mystery Shopping, Jahrbuch Markt- und Sozialforschung des VSMS, Cham, 2002
Internationale Marktforschung, Jahrbuch Markt- und Sozialforschung des VSMS, Cham, 2003
Wider die Selbstgerechtigkeit, Jahrbuch Markt- und Sozialforschung des VSMS, Cham, 2007