Jean-Marc Hensch
Business Angel
Director
Crosslinker
“I am looking for active roles with a mission motivating and challenging me. I bring in my competencies and my network, but I don’t want to be integrated into an operative corset. The most important thing for me is to get together with impressive personalities who – in whatever way – enrich my life.”
– Jean-Marc Hensch
Current mandates
“I am particularly interested in the strategic aspects of corporate management and the communicative issues – from investor relations and public affairs to crisis management.”
Zurich Convention Center
Chairman of the Board
Gasversorgung Romanshorn AG
Chairman of the Board
Smeetz SA
(Lausanne)
Board Member
Recht Clever AG
(Uster)
Advisor
Bounce Event GmbH
(Lachen)
Advisor
Boomerang Ideas GmbH
(Zurich)
Advisor
PolitAnalytics AG
Advisor
Footsnap AG
(Freienbach)
Board Member
And further confidential mandates for strategic development, policy consulting and crises management.
Start-up investments
“I invest in companies whose business cases I fully understand and where I can add value; preferably in an early phase and away from the hype topics.”
As well as further engagements in projects in the founding process and silent partnerships.
Earlier mandates
“Thanks to my broad experience in various roles and industries, nothing can really surprise me anymore in business.”
| 2012 – 2019 | Swico Managing Director (60%) |
| 2012 – 2019 | Swico Recycling Chairman of the Recycling Board |
| 2016 – 2019 | Schweizerisches Informatik-Zertifikat SIZ AG Board Member |
| 2016 – 2017 | Hofrat Suess AG Board Member |
| 2012 – 2014 | Fatzerimbach AG Chairman of the Board |
| 2009 – 2013 | Hauswirth Immobilien GmbH Partner |
| 2004 – 2012 | Gasmobil AG Board Member |
| 2003 – 2012 | Verband der Schweizer Gasindustrie Chief Executive Officer |
| 2003 – 2012 | Swissgas AG Board Member |
| 2000 – 2003 | Farner Consulting AG Co-owner, Board Member, Member of the Managing Board |
| 2000 – 2003 | FTC Communication SA Board Member |
| 1997 – 2004 | Casino Zürich Spiele AG Chairman of the Board |
| 1986 – 2000 | Lauffer, Hensch & Partner AG Co-owner, Board Member |
Media activities
“I have a sharp tongue and am pugnacious columnist, I often hear. Writing and talking, presenting and discussions, that’s one of my passions.”
Blog hens.ch (since 2009)
Speaker (D/F/E) and moderator (D/F/E).
In private
“Zurich was and is my centre of life because the city offers so many possibilities. But that’s exactly why I’m always drawn back to the far away countries, cities and museums.”
– Jean-Marc Hensch
Hobbies
- Contemporary Art
- Travel and hiking
- Zunft zu den Drei Königen
- Neighborhood tours
My background
- MAS Applied History; University of Zurich (2020 – 2022)
- Master of Law (lic. iur.); University of Zurich
- Federal Diploma as PR Consultant
- Born in Zurich in 1959
- Swiss and French citizen
- Married with Theresa Hensch
- Living in Zurich