*1970, Swiss, Dr. sc. nat.
Member of the ETH Board since August 2025
Entrepreneur and independent member of boards of directors
Martin Keller studied agricultural sciences at ETH Zurich where he earned his doctorate in natural sciences. Having held a number of management positions in the Swiss agricultural and food industry, he joined the international seed company KWS SAAT AG in Einbeck, Germany, where he was in charge of Corporate Marketing & Business Development, among other things. From 2010 until the end of June 2025, Martin Keller worked at the fenaco cooperative; for the last 13 years – as of 2012 – as Chief Executive Officer and head of the Corporate Development division, which included the Energy department (AGROLA). Since 2020, he has been a member of the Swiss National Bank’s Mittelland Regional Economic Council; since 2024, a member of the Board of Directors of the Securitas Group; and since 2025, a member of the Shareholders’ Committee of the CLAAS Group in Germany. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of BKW AG since 2026.
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Schweizerische Nationalbank
Spezialgesetzliche AG
Wirtschaftsbeirat Mittelland
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Securitas Gruppe, Zollikofen
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Agrartechnikunternehmen CLAAS, Harsewinkel (D)
KGaA mbH
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Martin Keller Consulting AG, Innerberg
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BKW AG
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