Nico Luchsinger

Speaker at the St. Gallen Symposium

Nico Luchsinger has served as CEO of the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (GDI) since July 2026. Part of the Migros Group, the GDI is Switzerland’s oldest think tank, focusing on future questions in society, business and technology. He leads its strategic and content direction. Previously, he spent ten years building Asia Society Switzerland, serving as Executive Director from 2021 after earlier roles in programming and management. Earlier, he worked at Neue Zürcher Zeitung, co-founded the global entrepreneurial community Sandbox and led business development at Swiss start-up Mila. He is also an Executive-in-Residence at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and host of its ReCentered podcast. He holds an MA in history and economics from the University of Zurich.