Dr. Hanspeter Rentsch

Dr Hanspeter Rentsch, Swiss citizen, holds a doctorate in Law and a degree in Economics (from HSG St. Gallen and Bern University). As member of the Extended Group Management Board since 1991 and of the Executive Group Management Board since 1995, he is responsible for legal affairs, licenses, strategic projects and patent matters (ICB), as well as for Swatch Group Greece and Swatch Group Poland. He joined the legal department of ASUAG in 1978. From 1980, he headed the legal and trademark department of the General Watch Co. Ltd and, after the merger, became General Counsel to the new group. He subsequently assumed additional functions in the areas of licenses, real estate and as Human Resources Responsible. Before joining Swatch Group, he had been active as scientific assistant (Prof. Dr W. R. Schluep, Economic, Commercial and Competition Law chair) at Zurich University. He represents Swatch Group on the Executive Committee of Economiesuisse, on the Executive Board of the Swiss Employers Association, on the Executive Board of the Swiss section of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and on the Executive Board of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH.

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