NZZ article about Thomas Wellauer - Der unverwüstliche Manager

The NZZ has published a new article about ICC Switzerland's Chairman Thomas Wellauer.

Read the article about his career, his peserverance and his analytical skillset here:

Bringing Together Chambers of Commerce in Switzerland

Marked by its openness to the world, the economic fabric of Geneva and Switzerland is enriched by the presence of numerous bi-national and regional Chambers of Commerce, each of which has valuable expertise in its respective markets.

With a view to bringing the Chambers together, the CCIG, in conjunction with the French, Italian, British and Chinese Chambers of Commerce operating in Switzerland, is organising a major event the "Chambers' Day". ICC Switzerland is proud to see different chambers of commerce coming together and have an active exchange with one another. ICC Switzerland will also be present at the "Village of Chambers".

Its purpose will be to promote the activities of the Chambers of Commerce, as well as to enable the 300 expected participants to exchange ideas within the framework of the "Village of Chambers".  The place of Swiss business in its diversity and the richness of its trade will also be honoured.

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Annual Assembly 2019

At our annual assembly we had a look on activities of ICC in General and a look ahead. A hundered years ago the International Chamber of Commerce has been created at the end of the First World War with the objective „Peace and Prosperity through Trade and Investment“. We took the Centenary Celebrations of the International Chamber of Commerce as an opportunity to discuss the contributions business can bring to humanitarian challenges in conflicts and disaster. Yves Daccord, Director-General of the International Committee of the Red Cross gave a very interesting and forwardlooking speech to this topic.

ICC Switzerland Annual Assembly 2019

We are pleased to invite you, on behalf of our Chairman Thomas Wellauer, to our Annual Assembly 2019.

We take the Centenary Celebrations of the International Chamber of Commerce as an opportunity to discuss the contributions business can bring to humanitarian challenges in conflicts and disasters. In fact, the International Chamber of Commerce has been created at the end of the First World War with the objective „Peace and Prosperity through Trade and Investment“. What does this objective mean today?

Our guest of honour, Mr Yves Daccord, will focus on this cooperation and give us his view on the latest developments. The following discussion with the audience will further explore the business dilemmas and possible contributions in such challenging situations.

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Zürich, 5. Juni 2019 

Rahmenabkommen: der Bundesrat solllte die Bremse lösen

 Unser Chairman Thomas Wellauer hat einen Gastkommentar zum Rahmenabkommen verfasst, welcher heute in der NZZ erschienen ist.

Aus der Sicht kleinerer und grösserer Unternehmen ist das Rahmenabkommen förderlich, da es Rechtssicherheit schafft und weiterhin einen guten Zugang zu einem ihrer wichtigsten Absatzmärkte, die EU, garantiert. Deshalb steht ICC Switzerland dafür ein, dass der Bundesrat das Rahmenabkommen unterzeichnet, so dass die aufgeworfenen Fragen in der Konsultation mit der EU geklärt werden können und der innenpolitische Prozess weitergeführt werden kann. Dieser beinhaltet immer noch die parlamentarische Prüfung und Beratung als auch eine Volksabstimmung, wobei dieser Prozess erst mit der  Unterzeichnung des Bundesrates weitergeführt werden kann.

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Study Tour to the ICC Court of Arbitration

We are pleased to invite you to this years Study Tour of the Swiss Arbitrators to the ICC Court of Arbitration on Friday 21 June 2019.

At the beginning, the President of the ICC Court, Alexis Mourre, will present the recent development of ICC Dispute Resolution. For the roundtable discussion with the members of the ICC Secretariat you are invited to send questions and issues you would like to discuss with the members of the ICC Secretariat latest until 6 June 2019 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Arbitrators should be able to address practical issues in connection with ICC arbitration procedures and exchange views with members of the Secretariat of the ICC Court during the study tour.

We will continue our cherished tradition to start the Study Tour the day before and to meet also a group of French colleagues who are active in international arbitration for a dinner.

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