Peter Maurer

He is currently President of the Board of the Basel Institute on Governance, Senior Fellow of the Advisory Council of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a Member of the Board of Directors of Zurich Insurance, a Member of the board of trustees of the Vontobel Foundation. He is President of the Centre of Competence on Humanitarian Negotiation (CCHN), Geneva. Peter is a member of the Leadership Council and Co-Chair of the Global Futures Council on Governance at the World Economic Forum (WEF), where his work focuses on global governance, humanitarian resilience, and innovative financial investment instruments. Peter launched the world’s first humanitarian impact bond scheme, in which private investors lend five-year funding and their repayments depend on what difference the project makes to its clients’ lives.

Peter served as President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from 2012 to 2022, where he prioritized strengthening humanitarian diplomacy, engaging States and other actors for the respect of international humanitarian law, and improving the humanitarian response through innovation and new partnerships. Prior to his role at the ICRC, Peter served as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs in Switzerland and headed the Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs.