Speaker

Manuel Rybach
Head of Public Policy Asia Pacific, Credit Suisse

Dr. Manuel Rybach is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse in the Chairman’s Office, based in Hong Kong. He is Head of International Relations and is also responsible for the management of the Credit Suisse Research Institute. He is also Global Head of Corporate Citizenship and Foundations. In his regional role, Manuel Rybach serves as Head of Public Policy Asia Pacific.

Previously, he was Chief of Staff to the CEO Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong, and he was Head of Governmental Affairs, based in Zurich. He has also been based in Singapore and Washington, DC, working on public policy issues. He started his career at Credit Suisse in the Economic Research department, where he was a Senior Economist.

Manuel Rybach holds a doctorate degree from the University of St. Gallen (HSG), where he also earned an M.A. in economics, law, and political science (lic.rer.publ. HSG). He was a Swiss National Science Foundation scholarship recipient and a visiting scholar at both Columbia University Law School and Georgetown University Law Center. He also completed an Executive Program at the Harvard Kennedy School and studied at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po). He is a Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). He is member of the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Agenda Council on the Future of Financing and Capital and the WEF’s Steering Committee on Promoting Global Financial Inclusion.

   

 

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