Graduate of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) in electrical engineering, postgraduate technical business alumnus at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), Certified Projects Director IPMA Level A, past holder of various positions at SBB AG and previously managing director of Transports publics fribourgeois.

Reto Liechti holds a master’s degree in Strategy and Organisation from the University of St. Gallen and has completed further training at IMD and Stanford University. Since 2009 he has held various positions at SBB, and was most recently Head of Railway Production and a member of divisional management in Passenger Services Production. 

Notable mandates: 

• Thurbo AG, Member of the Board of Directors
• Elvetino AG, Member of the Board of Directors
• Viasuisse AG, Member of the Board of Directors

Véronique Stephan studied Business Administration at the University of St. Gallen and Law at the University of Geneva. Before joining SBB, she worked as Chief Commercial Officer at Corplex in the United Kingdom, Vice President Commercial at Ball Packaging Europe and Sales & Business Development Director at Johnson & Johnson. 

Notable mandates: 

• Stephan S.A., Member of the Board of Directors
• Switzerland Tourism, Member of the Board of Directors
• SwissPass Alliance, member of the Strategic Advisory Board 
• RailAway, Chairman of the Board of Directors
• Equality4Tourism, Member of the Board of Directors 

Beatrice Bichsel is a lawyer and holds an Executive MBA from the University of St. Gallen. She has worked at SBB since 2011, including as Head of Legal, Compliance and Procurement and most recently as Head of Facility Management. Both positions were at SBB Real Estate. 

Notable mandates: 

• ISS AG, Integrated Scientific Services, Member of the Board of Directors 
• Transsicura AG, Chairman of the Board of Directors
• SBB Historic, Member of the Board of Trustees

Linus Looser holds a master’s degree in Management and Economics from the University of Zurich and has completed further training at the University of St. Gallen. Since 2007 he has held various positions at SBB, and was most recently Head of Railway Production and a member of divisional management in Passenger Division.

Notable mandates: 

• Member of the Board of Trustees, SBB Staff Fund
• SBB digitalisation fund, member of the association's committee
• BLS Netz AG, Member of the Board of Directors

Franz Steiger is a Swiss certified expert in accounting and controlling. After obtaining a master’s degree in Corporate Finance, he completed an EMBA at the University of Zurich. Before taking on his position as CFO and member of the Management Board, he was a member of Real Estate divisional management from 2017 and headed up the Finance Unit. Franz Steiger previously held senior financial positions in manufacturing and service companies (including Siemens and Hertz), most recently as Head of Transformation and Digitalization at Switzerland Global Enterprises.

Notable mandates:

SBB Cargo AG, Chairman of the Board of Directors

Adi Bucher studied Industrial and Organisational Psychology, with Business Studies as his subsidiary subject. He holds a master’s degree in Human Resources Leadership from the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich and gained a further qualification in Leading Change and Organisational Renewal from Harvard Business School. Before joining SBB, Adi Bucher was head of HR and Organisational Development at Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank (BLKB). He had previously held various management positions in HR at Swisscom (Switzerland) AG.

Notable mandates: 

• Schweizerischer Arbeitgeberverband (Swiss Employers' Association), Member of the Board of Directors
• SBB Digitalisation Fund, Member of the Committee of the SBB Association

Biochemistry and business graduate, holds a PhD in molecular immunology. At SBB since 2008, member of the SBB Information Technology Management Board since 2011. Until 2015, as Head of IT Operation Management, he was responsible for the operation of IT systems and the management and further development of the IT sourcing landscape. From 2015 onwards, Jochen Decker was Head of the Digitalisation and Architecture unit. In this role, among other achievements, he shaped SBB’s digitalisation process. Before moving to SBB, Jochen Decker advised companies in the transport and logistics sectors on strategic use of IT.

Notable mandates: 

• Digitalswitzerland Foundation, Member of the Steering Committee
• SBB digitisation fund, member of the committee of the SBB association 
• OpenRail Association, Brussel, Chairman of the Board of Directors (since 29.1.2024)

Alexander Muhm holds a PhD in Technical Sciences and an Executive MBA in General Management. He has worked at SBB since 2009. Before assuming his position as Head of Freight Services, Alexander Muhm was already a member of the Management Board as Head of Real Estate from 2019.

Notable mandates: 

• SBB Historic, Member of the Board of Trustees
• SBB Cargo SA, Director 
• Cargo International AG, Chairman of the Board of Directors 
• Hupac, Chiasso, Member of the Board of Directors
• RAlpin, Olten, Member of the Board of Directors