Christine Graeff

Global Chief Growth Officer at FGS Global (Switzerland) GmbH

Moderator

Christine is the Chief Global Growth Officer of FGS Global and is a member of the global Executive Committee. She works out of Zürich and commutes to the US for her global role. She is responsible for enabling growth for the firm globally and regionally is responsible for the Swiss office. Prior to joining FGS Global, she was with Credit Suisse for 4 years, initially as Global Head of Communications and HR to then focus solely on HR and the HR integration of Credit Suisse into UBS. Previous to joining Credit Suisse, she was the Director General Communications of the European Central Bank shaping the communications for Mario Draghi and Christine Lagarde and building up the banking supervisory arm of the ECB after the great financial crisis. From 2001 to 2012, she was with Brunswick where she launched and scaled the Group´s German operations, focusing on the firm´s global financial services practice. Christine is also a certified business coach and has continously invested in her training, most recently with MIT. Christine graduated from ESC Reims and Middlesex University where she studied international business administration and was later on awarded an Honoris Causa. She was recognised as a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum (Geneva) in 2013. Christine is the Chair of the Board of the English Theater in Frankfurt and sits on various boards. She coaches and mentors pro bono.