Catrin Hinkel

Member

Catrin Hinkel, a German national born in 1969, was elected to the Board of Directors of Holcim in 2024.

Background

She studied at the European Partnership of Business Schools (ESB), Reutlingen and London, where she obtained a BA degree.

Having served as Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Switzerland since May 2021, Catrin has over 25 years of experience in the tech industry across a variety of organizations and diverse cultures.

Catrin previously held leadership roles at Accenture, most recently as Senior Managing Director, Europe Cloud First Strategy & Consulting Lead.

For her commitment to digital innovation, Catrin has been named by Swiss magazine BILANZ as one of Switzerland’s Digital Shapers 2022, and by Forbes DACH in its list of C-Suite Women in Tech.

OTHER ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS

• Member of the Executive Committee, Digital Switzerland
• Member of the Board, ASUT Industry Association
• Member of the Supervisory Board, Helmholtz Center for Information Security (CISPA)
• Member of the Executive Committee, Deep Tech Nation, Switzerland