Jörg Gasser

CEO, Swiss Bankers Association (SBA)

Jörg Gasser has been the CEO of the Swiss Bankers Association since 2019. Mr. Gasser began his career at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), working for over ten years in the Near and Middle East. He has held several senior positions with the Swiss government, including Policy Adviser in the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Secretary General (Chief of Staff) of the Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP) and afterwards of the Federal Department of Finance (FDF), and most recently State Secretary of the Federal Department of Finance and head of the State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF). Jörg Gasser has a master’s degree in economics and international relations from the University of Zurich as well as a bachelor’s degree in astronomy from the Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne.