Executive Board
The responsibilities in the Executive Board are assigned to three business areas: teaching, research and administration. These are the basis of the three management areas within the department. The strategic and operative leadership, leadership in teaching and research, and the administrative and organisational area.
Strategic and operational management
Head of Department
Olivier Bachmann is responsible for the strategic management of the department and monitors the execution of the decisions made by the department’s bodies. He chairs the Department Conference, the Professors’ Conference, and the Executive Board of the department. He is also responsible for the appropriate allocation and effective use of the department’s funds, granted according to budgetary autonomy.
Deputy Head of Department
Whitney Behr is the official representative of the Head of Department and takes on selected tasks related to the strategic and operational management of the department.
Teaching and education
Director of Studies
Heather Stoll is responsible for the implementation of the curriculum and the examination regulations. She is a member of the Teaching Commission and chairs the grading conference. She is responsible for the quality assurance of our study degree programmes, in particular their content, methodological and organisational development, and works closely with the Study Coordinator, the Study Administration, and the Educational Developer.