Doris Russi Schurter received her law degree from the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) in 1980 and was admitted to the bar in 1982. After training in New York and Washington DC, she worked from 1983 to 1991 in various management positions at Fides Treuhandgesellschaft in Basel and Lucerne and from 1992 to 2005 as a partner at KPMG Switzerland. From 1994 to 2005 she was Office Managing Partner of KPMG Lucerne. In 2005, she began working as an independent lawyer in the law firm Burger & Müller Lucerne and as a professional board member. Today she is still available to ADLEGEM Attorneys & Notaries as Of Counsel.
German (mother tongue), English, French.
Doris Russi Schurter has long-standing experience as an independent director on the board of several stock-listed companies in the financial and insurance area as well as in foundations and associations. Her core competences as a lawyer are in contract-, company- and commercial law as well as in estate planning of companies and individuals on a national and international level.
Doris Russi Schurter is a member of the Board of Directors of Swiss International Airlines, Zurich. She is also involved in the family-owned investment company CYRMONT AG. She was Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Luzerner Kantonalbank, Lucerne, and Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Helvetia Versicherungen, St. Gallen.
