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Federal Council elects Innosuisse Board for 2025–28
On 13 December, the Federal Council re-elected André Kudelski as president, and Sergio Ermotti, Aude Pugin and Anna Valente as members to the Innosuisse Board for the 2025–28 term of office. Kristina Shea, Professor for Engineering Design and Computing at ETH Zurich, was elected as a new board member.
Academic study proves the direct impact that innovation promotion has on revenue and employment
Companies that engage in innovation projects create significantly more jobs. And their revenue also grows more quickly than that of companies without support from Innosuisse. The latest academic research from the Swiss Economic Institute (KOF) at ETH Zurich demonstrates these direct effects of the funding provided for innovation projects.
New Innosuisse director appointed
The new director of Innosuisse is Dominique Gruhl-Bégin. The Federal Council approved her appointment by the Innosuisse Board on 15 May 2024. Ms Gruhl-Bégin will take over the position from 12 August 2024. The current director, Annalise Eggimann, is stepping down for reasons of age, but will continue in her role as chair of the Innosuisse 2024 presidency of TAFTIE, the European network of innovation agencies.
Innosuisse reaches targets set for 2023
The Federal Council approved the annual report of the Swiss Innovation Agency – Innosuisse on 24 April and concluded that the agency is on track to achieve the objectives set for the 2021–2024 dispatch period. Around 600 start-ups were participating in the Innosuisse Start-up Coaching programme at the end of 2023.
Federal Council elects Anna Valente to the board of Innosuisse
On 24 January, the Federal Council elected Anna Valente, professor at the Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI), to the board of Innosuisse with effect from 1 February.