Technical Secretariat
The Technical Secretariat provides the Commission with technical and specialist support, prepares ElCom’s decisions and implements them. It conducts proceedings under administrative law and carries out the necessary clarifications. The Technical Secretariat is administratively affiliated to GS-DETEC but is subject exclusively to the directives of the Commission.
Managing Director, Technical Secretariat, ElCom
The Market Surveillance section monitors the electricity wholesale market in accordance with Art. 26abis ESO. Acting as a competence centre for trading data and analysis, the Market Surveillance section monitors wholesale electricity trading.
Cornelia Kawann, Dr. techn. Dipl.-Ing. MBA
Head of Market SurveillanceStefano Camozzi, IT project manager, IPMA Level B / lic.oec.publ. Business IT specialist / Master of Arts / CISA Certified Information Systems Auditor
Giuseppe Di Nardo, PhD, MSc Phys.
Pascal Favre, B.A in Business Administration
Andreas Jöckel, Dr. phil., Dipl.-Phys.
Florian Scyboz, intern
Tzvetelina Tzankova, Dipl.-Oec., Dipl.-Kffr.
Carole Wioland, Dipl-Ing, Project Manager Special Energy Markets
The Networks and Europe section is responsible for producing the technical principles for decision-making and representing Switzerland’s interests on international regulatory bodies. A major part of its monitoring activities is security of supply.
Michael Bhend, Dipl. Ing. ETH, deputy managing director
Head of Networks and EuropeStefan Arent, Dr. rer. pol.
Raffaele Bornatico, Dr. Ing. ETH
Markus Howald, El. Ing. HTL / industrial engineer STV-PHW
Mathieu Meier, lic. éco. pol.
Nadine Mounir, B. A. (HSG) Economics / M. Sc. Sustainable Development
Björn Rothe, Dipl. Ing (FH), BEng (Hons)
Patrik Tognina, Intern
Thomas Uehlinger, lic. iur. HSG et Dipl. El. Ing. HTL
Oliver Zehnder, Dr. sc. ETH
The Prices and Tariffs section is responsible for examining electricity tariffs for captive consumers, as well as all of the price-related aspects of network usage by electricity network operators. This includes the monitoring and surveillance of prices and tariffs for network usage, carrying out investigations into electricity network operators and preparing EICom decisions.
The Prices and Tariffs section collects cost calculation data from all network operators annually and manages the electricity price website.
Denis Spät, Graduate in Industrial Engineering
Head of Prices and TariffsCorinne Andrist, lic. sc. éco.
Stephan Betschart, lic. rer. pol.
Markus Bill, Dipl. El. Ing. FH, EMBA
Damiano Corsani, lic. rer. pol.
Lorjen Doehler, Intern
Michael Gratwohl, Dr. rer. pol.
Ruben Hidalgo y Valdez, Intern
Janning Kohl, Forestry engineer ETH, eMPA UniBE
Albulena Memedi, MSc in Business and Economics
Pamela Pestoni, lic. rer. pol., CIIA
Martin Schwarten, lic. rer. pol.
Pauline Waltman, Business economist HES
Barbara Wyss, Dr. oec. publ., CIA
The Legal section conducts proceedings and prepares rulings and decisions for the Commission. It also deals with legal issues for the Technical Secretariat’s other sections.
Nicole Zeller, lic. iur., Attorney-at-law
Head of Legal AffairsCornelia Baumgartner, MLaw, Attorney-at-law
Pantaleo Bonatesta, lic. iur., Attorney-at-law
Markus Goepfert, MLaw, Attorney-at-law
Kathrin Nüesch, MLaw
Moira Oliver, lic. iur., Attorney-at-law
Xavier Rérat, Mag. utr. iur., Attorney-at-law
Jan Ritschard, lic. iur., mag. rer. pol.
Zeno Schnyder von Wartensee, MLaw, M.A.
Yanick Schoch, lic. iur., Attorney-at-law
Daniela Wyss, Dr. iur.
The Services section consists of the Commission Secretariat and the Data Analysis and Cyber Security department. It performs multidisciplinary tasks for ElCom and the Technical Secretariat.
The Commission Secretariat department is responsible for administrative and organisational processes (including IT, finance, HR and logistics) as well as ElCom's communication. The Data Analysis and Cyber Security department processes, analyses and interprets data and monitors cyber security in the sector.
Simon Witschi, M.A., EMBA
Head of Services sectionCommission Secretariat department
Antonia Adam, M.A., Media and communications
Gabriela Bürgi, Assistant to the President and the Director
Alessia Chielpo, commercial employee
Elif Dadaloglu, commercial apprentice afc
Angela Gottardo, commercial employee
Keller Nicole, commercial employee
Sandro Pauli, Web and process manager
Data Analysis and Cyber Security department
Philippe Mahler, Dr. oec. publ
Head of Data Analysis and Cyber Security departmentRahel Braun, Dr. rer. pol.
José Luis dos Santos Reis, MSc in Bioiformatics, BSc Bioengineering
Nicolas Sciboz, Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Information Security