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Members

PLANAT-Members

PLANAT consists of 18 honorary members who are appointed by the Federal Council for a period of four years. Experts from research, professional organisations, insurance companies and other sectors of the economy are represented, as well as from federal offices and cantonal enforcement authorities responsible for natural hazards. 

 

PLANAT endeavours to recruit members with a broad range of specialist expertise, from all language regions and with a balanced age and gender distribution. Members can serve a maximum of three terms in PLANAT. 

The vested interests of the individual members are listed on the Federal Council portal.

The PLANAT members

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Dörte Aller

Dipl. Meteorologin

Inhaberin Aller Risk Management GmbH/ Verantwortliche Klimaanpassung und Naturgefahren, Schweizerischer Ingenieur- und Architektenverein (SIA)

Präsidentin PLANAT
Ausschuss 

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Markus Wyss

Dipl. Bauing. ETHZ

Kreisoberingenieur Tiefbauamt des Kantons Bern, Oberingenieurkreis I 
Bau- und Verkehrsdirektion Kanton Bern

Vizepräsident 
Ausschuss
AG Internationales

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Bernard Belk

MSc. Agrarwissenschaften ETHZ

Vizedirektor Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft BLW

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Stefan Brem

Dr. phil. UZH

Chef Weiterentwicklung Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz BABS, Leiter Weiterentwicklung Bevölkerungsschutz

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Esther Casanova

Dipl. Kulturingenieurin ETHZ
NDS Raumplanung ETHZ

Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung und Projektleiterin Stauffer & Studach

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Christine Eriksen

Ph.D. Human Geography

Principal Investigator FiRES Projekt (SNSF Consolidator Grant), Fachbereich Geistes-, Sozial- und Staatswissenschaften, ETH Zürich

Ausschuss 

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Heike Fischer

Dipl.-Ing. FH Mainz

Fachlead Überwachung Kunstbauten, Naturgefahren und Bahnzugang, Schweizerische Bundesbahnen SBB

Ausschuss 
AG Info/Komm 

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Nathalie Gigon

Dr. sc. Geographie

Verantwortliche Fachstelle Alter – Stadt Fribourg

 

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Christoph Hegg

Dr. phil. nat.

Stellvertretender Direktor Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL 

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Edi Held

Dr. sc. nat. ETHZ

Geschäftsführer Elementarschadenpool 

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Michel Jaeger

MSc Umwelt-Ing. ETHZ

Umwelt- und Mobilitätsplaner, Città di Lugano

Ausschuss 

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Alain Marti

Vizedirektor Vereinigung Kantonaler Gebäudeversicherungen VKG, Interkantonaler Rückversicherungsverband IRV und Vereinigung Kantonaler Feuerversicherungen VKF 

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Heidi Mittelbach

Dr. Sc. ETHZ

Projektleiterin Klimaanpassung und Hitzeminderung. Umwelt- und Gesundheitsschutz Zürich (UGZ). Bereich Bau- und Stadtplanung

AG Info/Komm 

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Marie Claude Noth-Ecoeur

Leiterin der kantonalen Dienststelle für zivile und militärische Sicherheit, Kanton Wallis 

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Franziska Schmid

Dr. phil. nat. Geografie

Partnerin und Consultant KEK - CDC

Ausschuss 
AG Internationales 

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Wanda Wicki

MSc. Geografie

Sektionschefin Risikomanagement von Naturgefahren (Topsharing), Abteilung Gefahrenprävention, Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU) 

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Claudio Wiesmann

Dipl. Forstingenieur ETHZ

Projektleiter Naturgefahren, Stv. Abteilungsleiter, Verkehr und Infrastruktur, Kanton Luzern 

AG Info/Komm 

Committee

The committee is responsible for personnel decisions, the long-term planning of PLANAT projects and bears financial responsibility for smaller projects. The President and Vice-President are also elected by the Federal Council for a four-year term of office.

 

  • Dörte Aller, Vorsitzende und Präsidentin
  • Markus Wyss, Vizepräsident 
  • Heike Fischer 
  • Franziska Schmid 
  • Michel Jaeger

Working groups

PLANAT works in various working and project groups: 

Information/Communication working group

further develops risk communication, organises the platform meetings and prepares the activity reports.

 

  • Heike Fischer, Chairwoman
  • Heidi Mittelbach
  • Claudio Wiesmann 
  • Susanna Niederer (Office support)

International working group

cultivates PLANAT's international relations and maintains contacts with natural hazard platforms in Europe and worldwide.

 

  • Franziska Schmid, Chairwoman
  • Markus Wyss
  • Helen Gosteli (Office support)

Security level project group

anchors PLANAT's recommendations among experts on the level of safety to which Switzerland aspires and develops them further.

 

Last change: 09.12.2025