Maren Schweizer

Dr. Maren Schweizer is the 6th-generation Founding-CEO of Schweizer World Group, her Family Office, Portfolio Management Company, and venture/private capital platform managing 34 portfolio companies across Electronics, Advanced Manufacturing, Mobility, Clean Energy, eCommerce, Health-Tech, and Digital Platforms. 

An accomplished technology executive with 25+ years of leadership experience, Dr. Schweizer has a distinguished track record in Manufacturing, Electronics, Digital Transformation, and Investment Management. With a robust technical foundation, she is recognized for steering strategically significant transformation initiatives that accelerate global growth and operational excellence. Her professional focus centers on scaling enterprises, fostering innovation, and guiding organizations  through high-impact change.

Before assuming leadership of her family’s now 175-year-old business, Dr. Schweizer served as Sales Director at Dassault Falcon Service (Paris), a subsidiary of Dassault Aviation, and launched her career as an entrepreneur by founding WM Aero Charter, a German private aviation and logistics company. 

Her governance experience spans 25+ years on boards with 15+ years on boards of publicly listed companies in Germany and Japan, including Meiko Electronics (Japan), a microelectronics PCB manufacturer with ¥95B consolidated sales and 10,000 employees. She has also held Director roles across Asia (China, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore) and serves on multiple advisory and governance boards worldwide, including two in Singapore.

A five-time entrepreneur, Dr. Schweizer has co-founded and scaled three start-ups to successful exits. Her leadership accolades include being an EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist (Top 5 in mid-cap) and receiving BDO’s “Turnaround of the Year” award. Deeply committed to education, talent development, and cross-border collaboration, she is a Mentor for Start2Group, German Accelerator, and Scaler8, supporting early-stage ventures entering Southeast Asian, Japanese, and European
markets. She is also a Career Mentor (Women in Business) with the Singapore-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce and serves as an Innovation Advisor at IPI Singapore (Enterprise Singapore subsidiary), guiding SMEs in their innovation and growth journeys.

Dr. Schweizer holds several academic and institutional affiliations:
• Research Fellow, Advisory Board Centre (Australia)– advancing board practice standards.
• Board Member, German European School Singapore (GESS) – Chair of the Risk and Audit Committee,
overseeing a not-for-profit institution of ~1,900 students.
Her portfolio also includes chairing advisory boards of AIQURIS (a TÜV SÜD AI venture) and InnoWave Tech (AI), and serving since 2013 on the board of HDI Global SE (Talanx Group), a global corporate insurer with €10B annual revenues. She is additionally Partner at Starkpartners (Germany), advising family enterprises on corporate strategy, succession, and restructuring.

Dr. Schweizer holds a Master of Science from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and a Doctorate from the University of Innsbruck, alongside a European Airline Pilot Licence. Based in Singapore since 2013, she operates globally across industry, education, and advisory networks, integrating executive practice with governance expertise and a strong commitment to mentoring future leaders.