Mathias Terheggen

Member
Board of Trustees

Remote office

Dr. Mathias Terheggen is a social-sector expert and globally experienced professional and executive that works with philanthropists, foundations and corporations. Since two decades his work addresses social and environmental challenges from both sides of the social/private sector interface. Mathias serves social enterprises, foundations and start-ups as consultant, advisor, executive, board member and shareholder. His work is powered by the believe, that equality, diversity and inclusion are the bedrock of just, peaceful and prosperous societies and that only a science-based approach can shape our all future for the better.

A former shareholder and former CEO of Dialogue Social Enterprise GmbH and the Dialoghaus Hamburg gGmbH, co-founder and partner at ImpAct Relation GmbH and chair the board of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women Mathias is a trustee of the Berghof Foundation since 2020. He holds a PhD in physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and has worked as senior strategy consultant at McKinsey & Company, as Global Head Philanthropy Services at UBS, COO of the Asia Philanthropy Circle in Singapore and Managing Director of the EDGE Certified Foundation.

Today, he serves as Head Philanthropy & Partnerships Switzerland and member of the Executive Board of the ETH Foundation, an independent Swiss charitable Foundation dedicated to supporting global excellence in research and education at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

Mathias lives with his former wife and their two daughters in Zurich and if not working, can best be found in the mountains and on his bike.