Markus Thomas Schweizer

Helping Japanese companies in EMEIA thrive and create long-term value by growing and transforming their business. Strategically and operationally leading the inbound business with Japanese companies in EMEIA at EY. Responsible for a strategic growth and transformation plan for EY in EMEIA. Global client responsibility for major key accounts of the firm. Engagement Partner responsibility for complex transformational projects to optimize strategy, risk and performance.

Design, build-up and lead of Strategic Solutions as a new organizational unit to solve the most complex client problems with pre-packaged cross-competence solutions and drive incremental profitable growth for EY.

Responsible for a team of about 1,200 consultants in management consulting and risk consulting, significantly transforming and growing the practice, organically and through M&A.

Design, build-up and lead of the Markets organization in the newly formed GSA Region, responsible for market strategy, key account management, marketing and business development.

Engagement Partner responsibility for large complex projects to optimize strategy, risk and performance. Specific functional expertise in corporate governance, internal audit, risk management and internal controls across various industries.

Led a number of external audit, internal audit and advisory engagements with national and multinational companies in financial and non-financial services industries; 1997: foreign assignment, worked on a global internal project at the headquarters in Chicago; built-up Business Process Risk Consulting Services for Arthur Andersen in Switzerland; was responsible Engagement Partner for the global external audit of an SMI company (under IFRS)

Assisted the Regional Controller for Berne / Solothurn / Valais with the monthly reporting to the Regional Executive Team; led a project to design and implement a management cockpit for the Regional Executive Team

Performed client projects in accounting, tax compliance, external auditing and IT consulting for small and medium size companies

Co-owner and responsible manager of the company that provided IT services to the publishing and printing company "Der Bund" in Berne as well as to other small and medium size companies (desktop publishing and ERP solutions)

Internship in the IT department; learned COBOL program language and operating IBM S/38 and AS/400 systems; supported the development of software applications in COBOL