Structure, Management and Board of Directors

Swiss Transfusion SRC is the umbrella organisation of the regional blood transfusion services. It fulfils federal tasks. It operates in close coordination with the responsible bodies of the federal administration, namely the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) and Swissmedic, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products.

Bodies within Swiss Transfusion SRC:

  • General Meeting: the shareholders are the regional blood transfusion services (RBSD) and the Swiss Red Cross (SRC)
  • Board of Directors
  • Management Board
  • Conference of Presidents, made up of the RBTS presidents
  • Swiss Blood Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy (SBST)
  • SBST committees
  • Conference of Directors, made up of the RBTS directors
  • working groups, which compile responses to specific inquiries 

Organisation

Photo of the management team at Blutspende SRK Schweiz

Management of Swiss Transfusion SRC (seated at the front, from the left: Tiziana Janner, Soraya Amar, Rahel Vaterlaus. Standing at the back, from the left: Nathan Wolfensberger, Bernhard Wegmüller, Felix Bussmann, Franziska Kellenberger, Oliver Kürsteiner)

Management Board

  • Dr. Bernhard Wegmüller, CEO and Chairman of the Board
  • Dr. Oliver Kürsteiner, Department Head Swiss Blood Stem Cells, Deputy Director
  • Dr. med. Soraya Amar, Chief Medical Officer Blood Transfusion Service 
  • Felix Bussmann, Head of Finance & IT
  • Tiziana Janner, Department Head Blood Transfusion Service
  • Franziska Kellenberger, Head of Marketing & Communications
  • Rahel Vaterlaus, Head of Human Resources
  • Dr. med. Nathan Wolfensberger, Chief Medical Officer Swiss Blood Stem Cells

Board of Directors

  • Isabelle Chassot (President)
  • Prof. Dr. med. Jörg Halter (Vice President)
  • Dr. med. Christoph B. Egger
  • Prof. Dr. med. Sabine Gerull
  • Ömer Güven
  • Prof. Daniel Hayoz
  • Dr. med. Christof Jungbauer
  • Prof. Martial Pasquier
  • Prof. Dr. med. Jakob Passweg