Senior Research & Editor / Co-founder of W.I.R.E.

Simone Achermann looks at developments and trends in society, business and cultural sciences. She is the author and editor of a variety of publications, including the ABSTRAKT book series, “Mind the Future – compendium for contemporary trends” and the Suhrkamp series “What counts”. Before taking up her role at W.I.R.E. she worked for several years as a communications consultant, focusing on the area of corporate social responsibility and writing texts and speeches for top managers in business and social fields. Simone Achermann studied cultural sciences at the University College London (UCL).

Senior Project Manager

The work of philosopher and physicist Stefan Pabst at W.I.R.E. centres around social and cultural transformations caused by technological progress as well as innovation management in the context of shifts in social values. As Senior Project Manager he identifies important long term developments across all industries. He designs and leads interdisciplinary workshops for W.I.R.E. and also works as a freelance copywriter focusing on art and product design. He was previously employed as the manager of an innovation network for the HPI School of Design Thinking and acted as a freelance innovation consultant. He holds a Master’s degree in philosophy and physics from the University of Potsdam.

Senior Advisor

Thomas Morf supports the W.I.R.E. Team as a Senior Advisor in our endeavor to reduce non communicable diseases (NCDs). For this, he draws from his long-standing, global experience in FMCG and his profound knowledge in the food and beverage industry as well as his passion for sustainable progress in our society. He has a visionary and strategic approach and a deep conviction that the future requires new, holistic approaches to achieve not only longevity but a life that is worth living for longer. In the service of this transformation, he ensures a vital link to the corporate and economic reality for the W.I.R.E. Team. In his more than 20 years Global working experience, Thomas has worked for P&G, Danone and Emmi and has held leading positions in marketing as well as general management. He holds an MBA of the University of St.Gallen.

Senior Project Manager

Riccardo Merluzzi supports organisations in long-term strategic planning through early identification and translation of strategically relevant developments and trends at the interface of business, science and society. He brings interdisciplinary expertise with over 4 years of cross-sectoral consulting experience. In addition to strategic and innovation development, he is responsible for multi-stakeholder projects with a focus on the healthcare system. 

Isabel Hoffet is a project manager at W.I.R.E. She analyses the impact of trends and technologies on business, science and society as part of strategic projects. After completing her Bachelor's degree in International Affairs at the University of St. Gallen, specialising in sustainability, she implemented digital innovations for the pharmaceutical company Roche Diagnostics. She then completed a Master of Science in Business Analytics at the Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon and used predictive modelling in her Master's thesis to investigate the impact of increasing programming skills among the European population on economic growth and resilience.