Jean-Blaise Roggen

Jean-Blaise Roggen has a diverse and extensive work experience in the field of tax and financial policy. Jean-Blaise is currently serving as the Head of Tax and Financial Policy at Centre Patronal, a position they have held since April 2023. Prior to this, they worked as a Judge at the real estate court of Vaud Switzerland at Tribunal des Baux Lausanne starting from October 2018.

Their previous roles include being a Senior Tax Specialist at WWF from July 2021 to May 2023, a Senior Tax Counsel at Deucalion from October 2018 to June 2021, and a Senior Director Tax at Merck Life Science from September 2009 to September 2018.

Jean-Blaise also worked as a Senior Tax Manager Europe & South Pacific at Colgate-Palmolive from September 2008 to August 2009, an Assistant Vice-President Taxation at SGS Group from August 2006 to 2008, and an Assistant Vice-President Tax at Lombard Odier Group from April 2002 to May 2006.

Before that, they served as the European Tax Manager at STMicroelectronics from February 2000 to July 2002, and as a Scientific Collaborator in the Federal Finance Administration and Federal Tax Administration at Swiss Federal Administration from April 1998 to January 2000.

Throughout their career, Jean-Blaise Roggen has gained expertise in areas such as international corporate tax, transfer pricing, indirect tax, IFRS, US GAAP, VAT compliance, tax structuring, and R&D tax management schemes design and implementation.

Jean-Blaise Roggen's education history begins in 1988 when they started attending the University of Lausanne - UNIL. Jean-Blaise completed their studies there in 1992, though the specific degree and field of study are not provided. Following that, they enrolled at the University of Geneva from 1994 to 1997, but no information regarding their degree or field of study was provided.

In 1996, Jean-Blaise Roggen attended the University of Exeter for a year, pursuing an LLM in International Business Legal Studies. However, no specific information about the completion or degree name is provided.

Their most recent educational endeavor was from 2005 to 2007 at the University of Leicester, where they obtained an MSc in Finance. The field of study for this degree was Finance.

Overall, Jean-Blaise Roggen has completed degrees in Finance and International Business Legal Studies, although the details of their degree programs and their field of study at the University of Geneva and University of Lausanne - UNIL remain unspecified.