New ETH representatives at PUBLICA
The PUBLICA pension fund is made up of representatives of both employees and ETH as an employer. New members have now been elected for both groups for the 2025-2028 term of office.
The call came before the long summer holidays: ETH employees were sought who would like to represent employees on the joint body of the pension fund PUBLICA during the 2025-2028 term of office. Three ETH employees sit on this strategic management body.
Dario D'Ercole is the name of the new employee representative…
Currently, and until the end of 2024, Margot Ziekau, Stefan Karlen and Marianne Frei represent the interests of employees at PUBLICA. While Margot Ziekau and Marianne Frei have announced that they will be available for another term of office, Stefan Karlen is stepping down at the end of the 2021-2024 term of office.
At its meeting at the end of September, the University Assembly (UA) elected Dario D'Ercole, Section Head of Building Technology and Energy in the Engineering and Systems department (VPIN), as the new representative of the ETH employees. Margot Ziekau and Marianne Frei were confirmed for another term of office.
...Marko K?thenbürger that of the employer
The ETH Board is responsible for electing the employer representatives. At its last meeting, it re-elected the previous representatives Madeleine Lüthy, head of Consulting for Professors (VPPL), and Lukas Vonesch, head of HR Consulting (VPPL), for the 2025-2028 term of office.
Marko K?thenbürger, Professor of Public Economics (D-MTEC), completes the employers' side. He succeeds Jürg Dual, Emeritus Professor of Mechanics and Experimental Dynamics (D-MAVT), who is retiring from this role at the end of 2024.
PUBLICA
The Swiss Federal Pension Fund PUBLICA is a collective institution currently comprising 11 pension plans. Each pension fund is strategically managed by a joint body. Parity is a central principle in occupational pension provision. It means that the social partners jointly organise, implement and monitor the pension scheme. Parity means that the body has an equal number of employee and employer representatives.
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