EY honors Swiss executives

On October 4, EY presented the Entrepreneur Of The Year award for the 27th time. Silvia Scherer from APTISSEN SA, Andrea Galli from Pini Group SA, Esther Studer, Peter Galliker and Rolf Galliker from Galliker Transport AG and Péter Fankhauser from ANYbotics AG won the prizes in the four award categories. The prizes were awarded at a gala ceremony at the Lucerne Culture and Convention Center, EY announced in a press release.

APTISSEN SA from the canton of Geneva came out on top in the Industry, High-Tech & Life Sciences category with its injectable gel Synolis. "Silvia Scherer is a model entrepreneur who has successfully positioned her company in a short space of time with an enormous spirit of innovation," the press release quotes from the jury's tribute. The Pini Group from Graubünden won in the Services and Trade category with its global network of engineering firms for complex technical projects. "Andrea Galli has brought Swiss quality to the international stage in an innovative way with the decentralized positioning of his company," said the jury.

Galliker Transport AG from the canton of Lucerne won the Family Business category. The jury was particularly impressed by "the extraordinary innovative ability" of the entrepreneurial family "which extends far beyond the traditional transport business and also addresses the issue of sustainability in a credible manner". ANYbotics AG from the canton of Zurich won the prize in the Emerging Entrepreneur category. According to the jury, Péter Fankhauser has been able to establish his company in a market "in which major competitors have to be outdone". ce/hs