Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Founder of Wessels Enterprises in June 2021. Strategy and policy advice. State Councillor of the Canton of Basel-Stadt from 2009 to February 2021. Head of the Department of Public Works and Transport. Studied at ETH Zurich, obtained a PhD in biochemistry at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel. Worked for five years in science communication followed by ten years in university administration, including as interim director of the Swiss National Supercomputing Center CSCS and as managing director at the Center of Pharmaceutical Sciences of ETH Zurich and the University of Basel. CEO of BaselArea, the local economic promotion agency, until elected as member of the Basel government. Former member of the Basel Parliament for over a decade, with particular interest in education and technology policy. Specialties: politics, mobility, public transport, urban development, life sciences, public relations.
WESSELS Enterprises offers strategy and policy advice.