Peter F. Weibel

Credit Suisse Group AG is a holding company, which engages in the provision of financial services. It operates through the following four divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Bank, Swiss Bank and Asset Management and four geographic regions: Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific, and Americas. The Wealth Management division offers comprehensive wealth management and investment solutions, tailored financing, and advisory services to ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) and high net-worth (HNW) individuals and external asset managers. The Investment Bank division offers a broad range of financial products and services focused on client-driven businesses and also supports Credit Suisse’s Wealth Management division and its clients. The Swiss Bank division offers comprehensive advice and a wide range of financial solutions to private, corporate, and institutional clients in Switzerland. The Asset Management division offers investment solutions and services globally to a broad range of clients, including pension funds, governments, foundations and endowments, corporations, and individuals. The company was founded by Alfred Escher on July 5, 1856 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Credit Suisse First Boston LLC provides global investment banking services in the United States. It provides private banking and financial advisory services and banking products. Its businesses include securities underwriting, sales & trading, investment banking, private equity, alternative assets, financial advisory services, investment research and asset management. It is headquartered in New York, NY.

Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce is an organization that advocates for Swiss, American, and multinational business interests. The non-profit company is based in Zurich, Switzerland. The Swiss company is active in all three major regions of Switzerland, organizing events and conducting comprehensive studies on business-related topics. The organization's special committees provide valuable input into its operations, and its flagship publication, the Yearbook, contains a member directory and a comprehensive collection of facts and figures on Swiss-U.S. business relations. Martin M. Naville has been the CEO of the company since 2004.

American Swiss Foundation operates as a non-profit organization that preserves and strengthen the friendship between the United States and Switzerland. It promotes its main program called young leaders conference that is annually held in Switzerland. The company was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Part of Greater Zurich Area Standortmarketing Foundation, Greater Zurich Area AG is the official investment promotion agency of the economic region of Zurich, Switzerland. Greater Zurich Area helps companies achieve their sustainability goals and is based in Zurich, CH. The company provides information on the Swiss market data, setting up a business in Switzerland, talent attraction and retention, and public funding for R&D. Estée Lauder Companies has recently expanded its distribution network in Switzerland by opening a new distribution center in Galgenen. The company has also been ranked third in the Liveability Index, reflecting the individual quality of life in 172 cities around the world. The CEO of the company is Sonja Walt.