Rolf Hugo Dörig (born 19 May 1957) is a Swiss business executive He is chairman of

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. He was chairman of

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from 2009 to 2020.

Early life

Dörig graduated from the Cantonal School Enge and studied law at the

University of Zurich The University of Zurich (UZH, ) is a public university, public research university in Zurich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of the ...

, where he received his doctorate in 1985 from Max Keller. He earned a lawyer's license in the

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. He later attended an Advanced Management Program at

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Career

In 1986, Dörig joined

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Bank, where he assumed leadership roles in various business areas. From 2000, he was a member of the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Group and responsible for the corporate banking and retail business in Switzerland. In 2002, he held the office of Chairman Switzerland of the Bank. From November 2002 to May 2008, Dörig was President of the Executive Board of life insurer Swiss Life and from May 2008 to May 2009 Delegate of the Board of Directors. He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swiss Life Holding since May 2009. He was also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the world's largest HR service provider

from 2009 to 2020. He is a member of the supervisory board of the wood manufacturer Danzer AG. He was Vice President of Kaba Holding AG (security company) and is member of the Board of Directors of Walter Frey Holding AG. He is a member of the Executive Committee of

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, and a member of the Executive Board of the

Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zurich (GCZ), commonly referred to as Grasshopper Club or simply just GC, is a professional sports club, multisports club based in Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland. They are nicknamed the ''Grasshoppers'' or sometimes just ''Hopper ...

; from 2004 to 2009, he held the presidency there. Dörig was a member of the Friends of the FDP, formerly as president. Later he became a member of the "Stiftung für bürgerliche Politik" (Foundation for Civic Politics) whose goal is the financing of the

Swiss People's Party The Swiss People's Party (, SVP; , PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (, UDC; , UDC), is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Marcel Dettling, it is the largest party in ...

(SVP). This also made him a close confidant of the SVP leadership. He has been a member of the SVP since 2023. From 2003 to 2008, he was a board member of the

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(SVV) and from 2003 to 2014, board member of the Zurich Chamber of Commerce. In November 2017, Rolf Dörig was voted President of the

(SIA), he retired in June 2023. He also presided over the "Zürcher Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft" (ZHVG).

Other activities

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, Member of the European Group

Political positions

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Personal life

Dörig is married, father of three sons and lives in Küsnacht. In the

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army he is

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in the general staff. His hobbies are playing tennis, skiing and the opera.

Publications

* Rolf Dörig: ''Ersatz sogenannter «Mangelfolgeschäden» aus Kaufvertrag (Art. 208 OR).''

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, 1985. * Rolf Dörig et al. (Hrsg.): ''Versicherungsbranche im Wandel: Chancen und Risiken einer Neubesinnung.

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für Moritz W. Kuhn zum 65. Geburtstag.'' Stämpfli,

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2009,

Literature

Rolf Dörig
in the

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References

External links

Rolf Dörig
Official website Swiss Life {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorig, Rolf Business executives Swiss businesspeople University of Zurich alumni 1957 births Living people People from Küsnacht Swiss Life