Our Team

Foundation Board

Ueli Baruffol

Ueli Baruffol

Foundation Board President

Ueli co-founded Pakka in 2006 and is the driving force in the Pakka Group. As a qualified forestry engineer, he is very concerned about nurturing and caring. Long-term trade relationships and perseverance are thus one of the key components of the Fairtrade idea for him. In his role as President of the Foundation Board, he wants to ensure that the experience gained by the Pakka Group is applied and successful models are multiplied.

Jean-Daniel Strub

Jean-Daniel Strub

Foundation Board

Jean-Daniel is an ethicist in Zurich with two offices of his own specializing in innovation ethics (www.ethix.ch) and ethics in healthcare (www.brauerstrub.ch).He also represents the SP on the Zurich City Council and has been active in various associations/foundations in board or executive roles.He is convinced that promoting local entrepreneurship can make effective contributions to economic development in the regions where Pakka Group is active."

Katharine Vander Laan

Katharine Vander Laan

Foundation Board

Operational team

Dorothee Lötscher

Dorothee Lötscher

Executive Director

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