Lukas Bruhin

Member of the Board of Directors

Biography

Lukas Bruhin, lawyer, is a member of the Board of Directors at Swiss Economics. He has many years of proven experience in the regulation of network industries as well as in the control and management of central and decentralised units of the Confederation. In the Federal Administration, he was Secretary General of the Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) for eight years. At Swiss Post he was Head of International and Regulatory Affairs and personal assistant to the Head of Group.

Work Experience

Member of the Board of Directors SRG und President SRG.D (2025 - )
Partner at Arioli Law (2023 - )
Member of the Board of Directors Swiss Economics (2021 - )
Chairman of the Institute Council, Swissmedic (2020 - )
Counsel Swiss Economics (2021 - 2026)
Head of the Federal Council Corona Crisis Unit, KSBC (2020)
General Secretary, FDHA (2012 - 2020)
Deputy General Secretary, DETEC (2010 - 2012)
Head of International and Regulatory Affairs, Swiss Post (2004 - 2010)
Head of Staff Public and General Economy Enterprises, UVEK (2000 - 2004)
Lawyer, Office for Municipalities and Spatial Planning Canton Bern (1997 - 2000)

Education

Advocate/Lawyer, University of Bern (1997)

Expertise

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Projects (selection)

Review and Optimisation of Fund Management (2025). How can processes of fund management be optimised?
Securing investments to integrate Switzerland into the European hydrogen transportation network (2024 – ). What is the investment need for a Swiss connection to the European hydrogen network? How could funding mechanisms look like? How can investments be secured? Client: Bundesamt für Energie.
Evaluation of the Confederation's Ownership Strategy for Swisscom (2024). Is the provision of telecommunications services by a state-controlled company still legitimate? Client: Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC), Federal Department of Finance (FDF).
Review of a Federal Office (2023). Are the processes of a federal office adequately organised?
Supply Tasks, Capitalisation & Governance of a Market Area Manager (2023). Should the future market area manager in the Swiss gas market take on tasks related to supply security? If yes, how should the market area manager be capitalized, and how should the governance be structured? Client: Swiss Federal Office of Energy.
Project support for a revision of the law (2023 – 2024). What are economically sensible thresholds for state intervention?

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Necessity and Key Elements of a Swiss Data and Digital Policy (2023). What are the main challenges for Swiss digital policy? How can these challenges be analyzed and classified economically?

Structure and governance of a Swiss innovation fund (2021 – 2022). If Switzerland wants to introduce an innovation fund, how should it be structured? Client: State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO).

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Publications (selection)

Funk Michael, Trinkner Urs, Oderbolz Nicolas, Schnyder Nina, Bruhin Lukas, Arioli Martina (2024). Evaluation of Swisscom's owner strategy. Swiss Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC).
Tinkner Urs, Bruhin Lukas, Funk Michael, Binz Tobias, Oderbolz Nicolas, Winkler Josef (2023). GasVG: Market Area Manager and Security of Supply Tasks. .
Bruhin Lukas, Eschenbaum Nicolas, Finger Matthias, Trinkner Urs (2023). Necessity and Key Elements of a Swiss Data and Digital Policy. Swiss Economics.
Trinkner Urs, Mattmann Matteo, Finger Matthias , Bruhin Lukas, Grichnik Dietmar, Greger Michael (2022). Options for a Swiss Innovation Fund. State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO.

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