The ETH Board approves EPFL’s new Vice President for Finances

Françoise Bommensatt. EPFL / Alain Herzog - The ETH Board has just approved Françoise Bommensatt as EPFL's new Vice President for Finances for the 2021-2024 period. The new EPFL management team is thus complete and, for the first time, half of its members are women. Françoise Bommensatt comes with an impressive track record in managing finances in the higher education sector. In fact, s'he brings more than 30 years of solid experience and leadership skills through her time as a finance leader with public as well as international private equity-owned companies. She thus brings a diversity of business experience to EPFL, having also worked for several multinational companies in Germany and France. Françoise Bommensatt is currently the Chief Financial Officer at the Swiss Education Group, a leader in business and hospitality management based in Montreux, where she plays an instrumental role in the group's strategic development.