people

An eclectic blend of personalities cuts through the complexity of our diversified consulting mandates:

· Anton Glanzmann (> curriculum vitae)
  Chairman und CEO of the Group

· Theresa Ryser
  Vice Chairman und Senior Consultant

· Dr. Patrick Cotting
  Head Business Development Golden Years AG

· Corinne Benoit
  Junior Consultant

· Arno Bertozzi
  Senior Advisor

· Dr. Paul Eisenring
  a. Nationalrat, Senior Advisor

· Hans Erni
  Regional Director MovingAds

· Dr. Markus Gröber
  Senior Advisor

· Beat Jossen
  Senior Advisor Network & BD

· Prof. Dr. Ernst Kilgus
  wissenschaftlicher Leiter VR-AKADEMIE

· Fredy Kradolfer
  Senior Consultant

· Dr. François Schwarzenbach
  VR-Präsident VR-AKADEMIE

· Dr. Manqiao Yang Wirth
  Partner China Consult / LINDER Institute



Advisory Board LINDER Institute

· Hedy Linder
  Widow of Professor Willy Linder

· Professor Arnold Koller
  former Swiss Federal Councillor

· Dr. Heinrich Rohrer
  Nobel Laureate in physics





Curriculum Vitae Glanzmann Anton (Albert, Otto)

Business Consultant. Federal Diploma of business administration.

Career milestones:

1964 - 1970 Public Relations Service of Knorr/CPC, concurrently freelance contributor at Radio Studio Zürich for one year.

1970 Joins PRW Public Relations + Werbe AG founded in 1965 by National Councillor Dr. Robert Eibel and Dr. Markus Gröber. Consultant to companies, international corporations, associations, and individuals (political figures).

1980 Appointed agency chairman and CEO.

Since 1981 official representative of the government of Mauritius for tourism development in Switzerland.

1987 Incorporation of the first company for the referral of board members (with former Migros CEO Dr. hc. Pierre Arnold and former "Economie suisse" President Dr. Hans R. Schwarzenbach as co-founders).

1997 Company renamed to VR-AKADEMIE Board Consulting (Professor Ernst Kilgus joins the company). Activities: Training of directors at university level as well as governance level and consulting to board members.

2001 Co-founding of China Consult - Linder Institute Beijing / Zurich (educational and business development).

2002 Golden Years Company, segmented consumer marketing.

2005 MovingAds on public screens (tourism promotion on split screens and tourist information on touch screens).

2008 Launch of the Golden Years Gold Card of MasterCard and foundation of Golden Years AG.

Author of numerous articles for the financial and business press on the development of public relations in Switzerland.

Professional associations:

1976 - 1979 President of the Swiss PR Professionals Group.
1973 - 1982 President of the Zürich Public Relations Society.
1982 - 1986 President of BPRA -Federation of Swiss PR Agencies.
1990 - 1992 President of "EUROPE ON LINE", an international network of PR agencies.

Other presidencies:

Since 1978 member of Rotary Club Thalwil; 1992 - 1993 President RC Thalwil
Since 1995 president of Tourism and Sports Journalist Club International.
Since 2004 president of Ski-Club Luzern.

Honours and Awards:

1981 Honorary guest of the city of Lucerne.
1983 Tourism prize of central Switzerland.
1992 Honorary holder of the «ad gloriam cerevisiae» title awarded by the Swiss Beer Brewers Society.
1993 Honorary member of Presse-Chuchi (club of cooking journalists).
2010 Honorary Member of the Ski-Club Luzern
2011 Honorary Member of CCPTS Swiss Police (Coordinated campaigns for traffic safety)

Hobbies:

Marathon und semi-marathon, skiing, mountain-biking, inline-skating and hiking.