ROBERTO EGGS
Of Italian-Swiss nationalities, Roberto Eggs graduated in 1991 in Economics and
Management at the University of Fribourg, with subsequent specializations at the London Business
School and IMD in Lausanne.
He began his professional career in 1992 as International Marketing Manager for the Nestlé Nespresso, before becoming General Manager of Nespresso France. In 2002 he returned to Nestlé Nespresso’s headquarters where he held the position of Worldwide Vice President for the Consumer and Business divisions until 2008. In January 2008 he was promoted Chairman and CEO of Nestlé Super Premium S.A.
In 2009, he joined LVMH as President of Louis Vuitton EMEA. Six years later, he joined Moncler as Chief Operating Officer and in July 2017 he became Chief Marketing & Operating Officer. Since 2021, Roberto Eggs serves as Chief Business Strategy & Global Market Officer and is an Executive Board Member of Moncler Group.
Roberto is also a passionate watch collector and is Chairman of Girard Perregaux and Ulysse Nardin.

Adrien Genier
Director of the Geneva Tourism & Conventions Foundation

Dr. Anino Emuwa is the Managing Director of Avandis Consulting, France. A former corporate banker with Citibank, she is an experienced Non-Executive Director with extensive corporate governance experience. She sits on the board of several organizations including Nottingham Trent University, U.K, and chairs a Y Combinator-backed tech start-up.

Arnaud (Arno) Rossi joined Accenture in 2002 and is leading the Consumer Goods and Luxury practices in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Russia. He is bringing 20+ years of international experiences in large and complex transformation programs.

With deep industry knowledge in FMCG, Beverage, Retail, Luxury and Tobacco, his domain of expertise is the supply to shelf/customer area.

Dr. Carsten Keller
CEO of Chrono24

Françoise Adam is an art market expert with over 18 years of experience managing, enhancing, and promoting international private art collections. With a strong academic foundation in business and fine arts, including a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the HSG-University of St. Gallen and a Diploma in Fine and Decorative Arts from Christie’s Education, she blends her expertise to provide strategic and operational support to collectors.

She currently leads the Geneva office of the international auction house Christie’s. Previously she was head of the Art Department of the Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation, where she managed the art collection and collaborated with international institutions, including exhibitions and donations.

Biography:
Iris Van der Veken has a background in law and international relations. With more than 20 years of global experience working in fast-paced environments including technology, diamonds, jewellery, fashion, and government. She worked on the ground in Africa, Armenia, China, India, Thailand, Sri Lanka on the implementation of different standards on responsible business practices. Pioneered on GRI and ESG reporting. She initiated and Chaired the UNGC Network Belgium. She was honoured by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and European Affairs for her leadership role in initiating the Global Compact Network Belgium and for her work on promoting corporate social responsibility with a focus on human rights and the role of business. Iris has always been an Ambassador on the gender agenda for the jewellery industry. She has shaped many leading strategic partnerships in this context including UN Women and the Global Compact. In July 2022, Iris was appointed as Executive Director & Secretary General of the Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030, based at Maison de la Paix in Geneva. Iris has recently been appointed as member of 100 Women @Davos’ Inclusive Leadership Council.

Max is a serial entrepreneur who has been described as a ‘new age industrialist’ (CEO magazine, September 2022) with over 25 years’ experience in the start-up and rev-up of fast growth companies in London, New York, Singapore, and the UAE with successful exits in the AI and voice technology sectors. Since 2015, he has been focused on building an entire blockchain based ecosystem which started with the launch of a Layer 1 protocol, Zilliqa, that has developed into one of the most advanced blockchain technology platforms.

Following the launch of Zilliqa in 2018, Max has switched his focus to creating a portfolio of ventures focused on building web 3 and spatial web infrastructure for the luxury and retail industries. The individual ventures are components of an overall vision which combines their respective strengths in blockchain infrastructure, spatial web and AI.

Max is a highly experienced public speaker and regularly speaks about luxury, blockchain and the metaverse at family office and industry events. He holds a degree in Engineering Science and was part of the London Business School Enterprise 100.

He is a flaneur and gentleman racer who enjoys fine wine, jazz, and motor racing. He was a contributor to the 2023 edition of the Oxford Companion to Wine, edited by Jancis Robinson and Julia Harding.

Nathalie Seiler-Hayez is the CEO of Swiss Deluxe Hotels, an organization that brings together the 43 most prestigious palaces in Switzerland. Prior to this role, she spent seven years at the helm of the iconic Beau-Rivage Palace in Lausanne. A graduate of the École hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), she began her career in the Sales and Marketing department of the Hotel Lutetia in Paris, before moving to New York to work for Rosewood Hotels & Resorts. She later returned to Europe to lead the Radisson Hotels Champs-Élysées and oversaw the opening of the Regent Grand Hotel in Bordeaux in 2007. In 2010, she was appointed General Manager of The Connaught, a landmark hotel in London.
Back in Switzerland, she was named “Hotelier of the Year” in 2018 by the SonntagsZeitung hotel rankings. In 2022, under her leadership, the Beau-Rivage Palace was awarded “Hotel of the Year” by Gault&Millau. Nathalie Seiler-Hayez also serves on the boards of Beaulieu SA, Lausanne Tourisme, and the Swiss Society for Hotel Credit.
She is married and the mother of two children.

Bio:
Nathalie Vranken
CEO of the group Vranken Pommery Monopole

NINA MÜLLER CEO, LALIQUE GROUP
With foresight and passion, Nina Müller has been leading Lalique Group as CEO since the beginning of 2024. Her vision: to position Lalique as a global icon of contemporary luxury – in harmony with the creative legacy of René Lalique.
Under her leadership, the company places bold focus on its three strategic pillars – crystal artistry, beauty, and hospitality. She champions innovation, cultural depth, and international growth, forging new paths to make the soul of the brand tangible across all touchpoints.
Nina Müller stands for interconnected thinking: she strategically aligns business units, amplifies their mutual radiance, and transforms them into holistic experiences that resonate and endure.
Her vision is also a mindset – one that fosters a company culture rooted in diversity, anchored in respect, and committed to sustainability. With the same dedication she brings to her leadership at Lalique, she actively supports initiatives that promote inclusion and diversity – driven by conviction and heartfelt commitment.

Biodata:

Stefano Volpetti is President, Smoke-Free Products Category & Chief Consumer Officer at
Philip Morris International (PMI). Stefano has been a prominent voice of
consumer-centricity, leading the company’s shift from a B2B to a consumer-first model to
better enable PMI’s to accelerate the delivery of a smoke-free future—one where cigarettes
are replaced by innovative, smoke-free alternatives that are a better choice for adults who
would otherwise continue smoking.

Stefano joined PMI in 2019 as Chief Consumer Officer. Since then, he has been at the
forefront of redefining the tobacco/nicotine space through the promotion of science and
innovation, pioneering the heated tobacco segment. Under his leadership as President,
Smoke-Free Products Category and Chief Consumer Officer, over 38 million adults in 95
markets worldwide now use PMI’s smoke-free products, with 23 mi llion having switched to
PMI’s leading heated tobacco product and stopped smoking completely. PMI’s smoke-free
business now represents more than 42% of its total net revenues, with a target of raising
this to over two-thirds by 2030.

Stefano is a global leader in consumer-centric marketing programs, large-scale
business-model transformation, digital acceleration, and disruptive innovation. He is an
experienced marketer with broad experience in commercial roles, and a winning track
record with consumers in both developed and emerging markets. Prior to PMI, Stefano
spent 22 years at Procter & Gamble (P&G), holding several prominent roles, including
leading one of P&G’s multi-functional global business units.

Stefano holds a degree in Business Administration from the Luiss Guido Carli University in
Rome.

Stéphane JG Girod
Professor of Strategy and Organizational Innovation at IMD Lausanne and Leading Luxury Expert.