Gabe Shawn Varges

Gabe Shawn Varges has extensive experience as a compliance, governance, compensation, and regulatory executive, advisor, and thought leader, both in Switzerland and internationally. He is the Chairman of the global consulting firm GECN and Senior Partner in its HCM Zurich offices. He is also Senior Lecturer at the University of St. Gallen and teaches at various other universities.

Mr. Varges works around the world with boards of directors, CEOs and function heads, as well as with regulators and international organizations, on the more strategic and challenging aspects of corporate governance, incentives, compliance, regulation, and supervision.

Earlier, he served as Head of Governance of the Swiss financial services regulator where he supervised banks and insurers and represented the authority on international bodies such as the OECD, Financial Stability Board, International Association of Insurance Regulators, and Basel Committee on Bank Supervision. Currently, he is the Chairman of Ethics & Compliance Switzerland, a non-profit organization.