Mr. Bartschi has been an advisor to CRCI since 2012. In 2002, he joined Sika Ltd, Baar, where he worked until 2004 as chief financial officer and from 2005 until 2011 as chief executive officer. After working at Nestlé, Vevey, Ernst Bärtschi occupied various management positions between 1980 and 2002 at the Schindler Group, Ebikon, including managing director of Schindler Switzerland and chief financial officer of the Schindler Group.

He attended Top Management Seminars at IMD Lausanne, Switzerland in 1993, 1998 and 2000. Mr. Bärtschi has a Degree in Economics (lic. oec.) from HSG University of St. Gallen in 1976.