Martin M. Naville

The Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce is a leading business association with 2000 business members (Swiss and American companies) facilitating business between Switzerland and the USA. The Chamber is also the spokesperson for multinational companies based in Switzerland – large and small, Swiss and foreign.

Before taking over the Chamber in October 2004, Martin Naville spent 16 years with The Boston Consulting Group in Munich, Zurich and New York. In 1995, he was elected Partner and Director of The Boston Consulting Group. At BCG, he specialized in the fields of Wealth Management and Telecommunications. Martin Naville started his professional career as a corporate banker with JP Morgan in Zurich and New York in 1984.

Martin Naville holds a Master of Law from the University of Zurich. He is Chairman of the Board of the Zurich Zoo since 2004. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Swissquote, the Swiss leader in online trading, Senior Advisor of Morgan Stanley (Switzerland), President of Komitee Weltoffenes Zürich, and a member of the Global Advisory Board at ETH Zurich, a global top 10 university.

Mr. Neville discussed the Chamber's role and how it impacts businesses in the US and Switzerland, and its role as an advocate for firms. He has decades of experience in banking, wealth management, and consulting. He spent 16 years with the Boston Consulting Group, eventually serving as Director and Partner. This was an insightful seminar discussing US trade and US trade policy.