Curriculum vitae Dr. iur. Michèle Balthasar

Work experience

2017-2021
Head Legal and Privacy Consulting
Member of the Executive Board, Swiss Infosec AD

Since 2019
Member of the Board of Directors
KMU-Center Hochdorf AG

2015-2020
Lecturer for energy law
Institute for International Management and Technology (iimt) of the University of Fribourg (CH)

2014 – 2016
Senior Legal Counsel
Axpo Holding AG; Avectris AG

2012-2013
Head Legal Energy Switzerland
Alpiq Suisse SA

2010-2012
Head Legal Trading and Services
Alpiq Management AG

2008-2009
Legal Counsel
Alpiq AG 

2003-2007
Legal Counsel and Deputy Head of Legal Services
Electrosuisse, ESTI

2002-2005
Legal advisor
Tenants’ Association ZurichMieterverband Zürich

1999-2001
Trainee in a commercial law firm
and auditor at the district court of Pfäffikon

Career

2020
Certified ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
BSI Training Academy

2014 – 2018
Master’s thesis in the Executive MBA
Datenschutz und Datensicherheit im Crowd Energy Umfeld
Eine Leitlinie für die Crowd Akteure

2017
Executive MBA in the field of Utility Management
Institute for International Management and Technology (iimt) of the University of Fribourg

2007
PhD
University of Zurich 

2002
Admitted to the Zurich Bar

1999 – 2000
Certificado sobre Derecho Communitario (European Law) and Certificado de assistencia sobre Derecho Económico (European Business Law), University of Salamanca

1993 – 1998
Bilingual licentiate of law (lic.iur.),
University of Fribourg

1993
Matura type E
Secondary school Ecole Nouvelle de la Suisse Romande, Lausanne