Alexandre F. Jetzer-Chung, who was born in 1941, received double degrees in law and economics from the University of Neuchâtel. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Novartis AG, the Supervisory Board of the Compagnie Financière Michelin, the International Advisory Panel on Biotechnology of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, and the Advisory Council of the Prime Minister of Turkey, as well as economic advisor to the Governor of Guangdong Province of China. In addition, Alexandre F. Jetzer-Chung is a member of the Center for Neuroscience at the University of Zurich.