International Men's Club of Zug

Board 2011

President: Andy Habermacher

Andy was born in Birmingham, England, to a Swiss father and English mother. He moved to Switzerland in 1987 to find his fortune and despite not finding it has settled here and lives in Luzern and is father of two children. He is a Certified Master Coach and his business is based in Zurich and focused on executive coaching and training to international businesses with a focus on neuroscience. He has written one book and is currently working on two others. In his free time Andy does plenty of sport: karate and athletics (he gave up rugby a few years ago because of old age!) and he skis regularly in winter.

Secretary: Muthana Kubba

Muthana was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq. He was not quite 18 when he won a scholarship to study engineering in the UK and returned home in 1962 with a PhD from Imperial College, University of London in communication, electrical engineering. After finishing his national service at the Iraqi Air Force, he joined the staff of the College of Engineering, University of Baghdad, where he stayed until 1978 when he emigrated to Switzerland, just before Saddam Hussein came to power. He founded a successful trading company in Steinhausen, whose management he has now passed over to his son. Muthana is married with three grown up children and five grandchildren. He enjoys skiing in the winter and boating in the summer as well as cycling all year round.

Treasurer: Max Leyherr

Max is German and came to Switzerland in 2008. He lives together with his wife Tanja and his son Finn. Max studied technically oriented business administration and holds a PhD in economics. His career led him from strategic consultancy to  entrepreneurial engagements of his own in the field of bio-technology, software / internet and alternative energy production. He is a "hands-on" entrepreneur who works with technical partners to develop their projects and inventions into solid businesses. Max loves the mountains, enjoys sailing and is very fond of meeting new people. He considers a good glass of wine together with a nice card- or chess-game to be a wonderful way to fill his spare time.

Events Coordinator: Ermano Bassi

Ermano, 56, with Swiss and Italian nationality, is a multilingual tourism and hospitality manager with keen experiences in leading of luxury hotels and executing high-level congresses. Already as a youth he was working on board a world-class cruise-liner. After visiting and living in more than 100 countries he is very happy and proud to live in Zug/Unterägeri. He has a significant cultural awareness and loves all kind of sports. Ermano was previously an IMCZ member in 1986–1989 and rejoined last year.

Membership Coordinator: Heinz Schaller

Heinz was born in 1959, he lives and works in central Switzerland. He is a qualified goldsmith, and has been running his own jewellery company for the past four years. He studied art design at the advanced arts school for Jewellery in Schwäbisch Gmund (Germany) . Through his activity, stretching over several years, in the high end of the luxury watch- and jewellery world, he has acquired first hand knowledge of it and knows his way around in all major international exhibitions. Through his travels he had come to know and appreciate different peoples and cultures. Since joining the IMCZ in 2009, he had found that it enabled him to promote making contacts between persons of international background and central Switzerland. He very much appreciates the weekly Stammtisch where the word meets over a light drink and a good chat.

Newsletter Editor: John Hosking

An American born in 1960, John spent his early years in the Chicago area of Illinois and then in Michigan followed by a decade in Houston, Texas, before moving to Switzerland in 1991. He's worked in restaurants and warehouses, but now he's settled down as a "computer guy," doing software testing, release packaging and documentation writing for a software development firm here in Zug. John spends a lot of his free time in the sport of fencing, whether acting as referee, competing in tournaments, or just training for greatness. He's been on the executive committee of the Zuger Fechtclub for some ten years now, and manages their Website.

Stammtisch Coordinator: Andrew Joines

Andrew was born in Salisbury, England, and grew up in England and South Africa. He spent 20 years working in Logistics before deciding to have a career change and in 2009 he passed his ski instructing exams with the British Association of Snow-Sport Instructors (BASI). He has been working in Hoch Y-Brig for the 2010 - 2011 season. He came to Switzerland in January 2010 with his now-fiancee and they hope to get married sometime this year. His main hobbies are skiing, photography, travel, keeping fit and golf.

Webmaster: Patrick Weber

Patrick grew up in South Africa and still tries to visit the country at least once per year. He currently works for a software company that develops, sells, implements and maintains its own core banking system, primarily in Germany, Luxembourg, England / CI and Switzerland. He has previously been CIO of a financial services company in Frankfurt and Luxembourg, and spent over ten years travelling around the world managing core banking system implementation projects for Credit Suisse. He's married with two young boys and his hobbies include golf, wine, cigars, reading and travelling.
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