Foundation Board
The tasks of the Foundation Board are to advise and supervise the office. Get to know the members!
Foundation Board
Claudio Lutz
Co-President of the board
Betr Oek KSZ, Investment Adviser at Bank Vontobel AG
“The wildlife in general, but the fate of the experimental animals in particular, are of great concern to me. Since our bank supports various social organizations, I had the opportunity to also contribute and bring my experience to the board of Animalfree Research.”
Helena Trachsel
Co-President of the board
Head of Fachstelle für Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann
“The Animalfree Research team sends a strong signal against the suffering of many animals in animal experiments and is consistently committed to alternative research methods. To help with these efforts is to me both a heartfelt concern and co-responsibility.”
Dr. Erwin Kump
Managing director and coach for resilience and self-assertion at Kinder-Selbstverteidigung.ch
“As a former member of a commission on animal experiments I am committed to restricting animal suffering in experimental laboratories. In order to completely prevent animal experiments long-term, I would like to help promote alternative methods.”
Dr. Markus Rimann
Research Manager at ZHAW
“Personally, I am concerned about animal welfare. Professionally, I develop cell culture models in cooperation with industry in order to reduce or even replace animal experiments in drug development. At Animalfree Research, I can also work on the development of alternative methods.”
Prof. Dr. Markus Wild
Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Basel
“Our thinking and lives are often caught up in false dichotomies. Science and animal welfare is one such contradiction. With animal-free alternative methods, we break out of this imprisonment.”