Roland Pfister

Dr. Roland A. Pfister is a communications director and business consultant and holds a Ph.D. in business and marketing from the University of St.Gallen. After finishing his master’s thesis on human resources management, he worked for a couple of years as a consultant in the field of core banking applications as an internal consultant for process efficiency for a major Swiss bank. Afterward, he returned to university and started researching visualization and group creativity. In his research, he examined the impact of quantitative and annotative visualization on communication in management processes. He currently holds the position of communications director at a leading Swiss retail company. In addition, he coaches management teams and is a lecturer at the University of St.Gallen and the IE Business School in Madrid.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• Cost Manager, Credit Suisse Group, Switzerland, 2006 – 2009

• Research Assistant & Senior Lecturer, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, 2009 – 2013

• Director of Marketing and Communications, Micarna SA, Switzerland, 2014 – 2020

• Director Industry Communications, Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund, Switzerland, 2020 – Present

• Chief of Staff Air Defense, Swiss Air Force, Switzerland, 2022 – Present

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Adjunct Professor, IE Business School, Spain, 2014 – Present

• Lecturer, Modul University Vienna, Austria, 2016 – 2020

• Lecturer, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, 2014 – Present

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• Ph.D. in Business Administration, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, 2013

• CAS in Higher Education, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, 2012

• Master in Business Administration, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, 2004