Team

Matthias Franziskus Durrer
Founder & Researcher

Based in Zurich and Bern, Switzerland, Matthias has lived in the Greater China Region (Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei) for 8 years and been working in consulting for the government as well as the private sector. With several years of experience in a Big Four, location promotion and business development he is now focusing on various business and culture related projects between China and Switzerland. Besides his fluency in Chinese (HSK 6), Matthias also speaks English, French, German and Spanish.

 

Tiziano Lavizzari
Researcher

Originally from Ticino, the Italian speaking region of Switzerland, Tiziano currently resides in Zurich. Besides having fostered cultural and media relations between the Swiss government, its official representations in China and Chinese counterparts, Tiziano furthermore worked for the China Desk at the APAC department of a major Swiss bank. He is fluent in Italian, English, German, French with basic knowledge of Mandarin.