Andreas Zivy (born October 19, 1955) is a Swiss businessman based in

Binningen, Switzerland Binningen (Swiss German: ''Binnige'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. It is nestled in a valley, on a plateau, and on two hills overlooking the city of Basel. History Bi ...

. He is the current chairman of Swiss

agribusiness Agribusiness is the industry, enterprises, and the field of study of value chains in agriculture and in the bio-economy, in which case it is also called bio-business or bio-enterprise. The primary goal of agribusiness is to maximize profit w ...

Ameropa Holding AG.

Biography

Zivy was born in

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

in 1955. He completed his school education at Humanistic Secondary School, Basel. He attended

Instituts d'études politiques Instituts d'études politiques (), or IEPs, are ten publicly owned institutions of higher learning in France. They are located in Aix-en-Provence, Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Paris, Rennes, Strasbourg and Toulouse, and since 2014 Saint-Ge ...

in Paris where he received his master's degree in

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

, in 1978. After graduation, Zivy worked for Bunge, in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

for two years. In 1980, he joined Ameropa Holding, his family business established in 1948, as the Office Head at Ameropa, France. In 1986, Zivy became the Vice President of Ameropa AG in

. By 1995 he was appointed the CEO of Ameropa AG and a member of the board of directors. In 2001, Andreas Zivy co-founded the Ameropa Foundation, which is focused on investing in sustainable and progressive charitable programs in the

developing world A developing country is a sovereign state with a lesser developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index (HDI) relative to other countries. However, this definition is not universally agreed upon. There is also no clear agreem ...

. As of 2010, after the death of his father, Andreas took over as the chairman and the president of Ameropa Holding AG. He is also a former member of the advisory board of the Basel Peace Forum. Andreas Zivy is a member of the board of th
Swiss Democracy Foundation
whose aim it is to defend, promote and develop Democracy in Switzerland and abroad. Zivy is married, has three children, and lives with his wife in

Binningen Binningen may refer to: * Binningen, Switzerland Binningen ( Swiss German: ''Binnige'') is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland. It is nestled in a valley, on a plateau, and on ...

near Basel.

References

External links

Official website
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