Dr. Urs Jäckli
Head of Department of Education | Programme Director
Dr. Urs Jäckli began his career with an apprenticeship at Hotelplan, followed by a role at San Francisco International Airport. After returning to Switzerland, he worked as a Product Manager at Hotelplan before taking on the role of Director Sales & Marketing for the Lastminute.com Group, where he was responsible for the brand 'Holiday Autos'.
He subsequently became Managing Director of the long-established tourism trade fair 'TTW' in Montreux and later joined American Express in Key Account Management. He then moved to SIX Payment Services, where he led the national Key Account Management departments in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Poland. Further professional roles included Managing Director positions in executive search and Head of Partner and Key Account Management at Sanitas.
Since 2018, he has been active at HWZ as Programme Director as well as in research and teaching. He completed his doctorate at the University of Southern Queensland and HWZ on the topic of 'Stakeholder integration and stakeholder trust in alpine tourism in Switzerland'.
In 2022, Dr. Urs Jäckli took on the co-leadership of the Department of Degree Programmes. In 2024, he assumed full leadership of the department.