Executive Board

Philippe Richard, Director

Dr. ès sc. (Ph.D.) Physicist, MBA, Philippe Richard (1965)

Career

Time Event
since 2016 Director of the Federal Institute of Metrology METAS 
2013-2016 Deputy Director of the Federal Institute of Metrology METAS 
2012-2013 Deputy Director of the Federal Office of Metrology METAS 
2007–2011 Vice-Director at METAS 
2002–2006 Section Head at METAS 
2000–2002 Deputy Section Head and Laboratory Manager at METAS 
1997–2002 Laboratory Manager METAS 
1991–1996 Assistant and postgradute student at the Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, EPFL

Education

Time Event
2011 EMBA, Management and Corporate Finance, HEC Lausanne, University of Lausanne
1996 Dr. ès sc. (Ph.D.) Physicist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, EPFL
1991 Physical engineer EPFL 

International commitments

Time Event
since 2023 Vice president of the International Committee of Weights and Measures (CIPM)
since 2015 Member of the International Committee of Weights and Measures (CIPM)
2012–2023 President of the Consultative Committee for Mass and Related Quantities (CCM), Organization of the Metre Convention (International Bureau of Weights and Measures BIPM)
2011–2015 Official representative of the International Organisation of Legal Metrology (OIML) as part of the consultative committee for units (CCU, BIPM)
2010–2015 Member of the Presidential Council of the OIML
2007–2015 Swiss delegate to the International Committee of Legal Metrology and to the International Conference of Legal Metrology (CIML)
2006–2013 Chair of the Working Group on the Changes to the International System of Units by the CCM (BIPM)
2005–2013 Chair of the CCM Working Group on Mass Standards (BIPM)
2007–2011 Swiss delegate to the CCU (BIPM)
1999–2007 Swiss delegate to the CCM (BIPM) and for the European Association of National Metrology Institutes (EURAMET)

Further information

Hanspeter Andres, Deputy Director

Dr. in scienze, Chimico, MBA, Hanspeter Andres (1971)

Career

Time Event
since 2021 Vice-Director of the Federal Institute of Metrology METAS
since 2019 Head of Division Chemistry and Biology, Member of Executive board of the Federal Institute of Metrology METAS
2007-2019

Head of sector analytical chemistry METAS

2002-2007

Scientific collaborator at Nitrochemie Wimmis AG

2001-2002

Post-doc at the University of Bern

2000-2001

Post-doc at Carnegie-Mellon-University, Pittsburg, United States

1997-2000

Assistant and Ph.D. candidate at the University of Bern

Education

Time Event
2018

EMBA, "Management and Corporate Finance", HEC, University of Lausanne

2000

Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Bern

1996

Chemistry degree, University of Bern

International Commitments

Time Event
since 2023
Board of Directors EURAMET
since 2022 Executive Commitee EURACHEM
since 2020 Swiss Delegate (Deputy) to the EURAMET General Assembly
since 2014 Member of the CS Chemistry and Biology (LNE)
since 2012 Swiss representative to EURACHEM
since 2008   Swiss Delegate to the CCQM Metrology in Chemistry and Biology (BIPM)

Further information

Fabiano Assi, Vice-Director

Ritratto di Fabiano Assi
Dr. Sc. Tech. Fabiano Assi (1970)

Career

Time Event
since 2024 Vice-Director of the Federal Institute of Metrology METAS
since 2023 Head of Division Phyiscs, Member of Executive board of the Federal Institute of Metrology METAS of the Federal Institute of Metrology METAS
2022 Member of the Executive Board a.i. of the Federal Institute of Metrology METAS
2018-2022 Head of Testing & Calibration of the Federal Institute of Metrology METAS
2006-2018

Head of Technology Management, Meyer Burger AG

2004-2006

Project Manager, Baverstam Associates, Inc.

2001-2002

Post-doc at the ETH Zurich

2000-2001

Post-doc at Harvard University, Boston

Education

Time Event
2014

IMD Lausanne

1996-2000

ETH Zürich

Dr. Sc. Tech. - Material Science, Chemistry

1991-1996

ETH Zürich

Dipl. Ing. - Material Science

Bobjoseph Mathew, Member of the Executive board

Portrait of Bobjoseph Mathew
Dr.iur. Bobjoseph Mathew (1973)

Career

Time Event
since 2018 Vice-Director of the Federal Institute of Metrology METAS
2017

Head of Legal Metrology Division at METAS, Member of Executive board

2015–2016

Director Wholesale, MVNO & 3rd Party, Salt, Lausanne

2007–2014

Director Wholesale, Orange, Lausanne

2006–2007

International Roaming Manager, Orange, Lausanne

2003–2006

Senior Regulatory Specialist, Orange, Lausanne

2001–2003

Management Consultant, Deloitte Consulting, Zurich

2000

Project Manager mCommerce, Minick, Zurich

1998–1999

Assistant at the University of Fribourg

Education

Time Event
2001

Dr.iur., University of Berne

2000

Diploma in information systems (IT-Mediator), University of Fribourg

1998

Lic.iur., University of Fribourg

International Commitments

Time Event
since 2023 President of the International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML)
2019  Vice president of the International Committee of Legal Metrology (CIML) 
since 2018 Member of the Presidential Council of the OIML
since 2017 Member of the WELMEC Committee
since 2017
Swiss delegate to the CIML and to the International Conference of Legal Metrology

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