Philipp Aeby

Chief Executive Officer RepRisk

Last Reviewed: September 29, 2026

Executive Summary

Dr. Philipp Aeby is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of RepRisk, a Zurich company that researches and quantifies environmental, social, governance and business conduct risk for financial institutions and corporations, and he sits on its board. He came to the work from science rather than finance: trained as an environmental physicist at ETH Zurich, where his research applied neural networks to pattern recognition, he then worked in management at Amgen and on international assignments with the Boston Consulting Group before joining RepRisk in 2006. The company describes him as an expert in business conduct risk management with a particular interest in machine learning, which fits a business built on processing large volumes of information about corporate conduct.

Career Highlights

• Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of RepRisk, and a member of its Board and Global Leadership Team.
• Joined RepRisk in 2006.
• Previously held managerial positions across Europe at Amgen, the global biopharmaceutical company.
• Worked on a broad range of international assignments with the Boston Consulting Group.
• Began his career as a visiting scientist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia.
• Earned the ETH Medal for outstanding research applying neural networks to pattern recognition, according to RepRisk.

Professional Journey

Aeby studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, taking a master’s degree in climatology and hydrology and a PhD in environmental physics. His research there, which applied neural networks to pattern recognition, earned the ETH Medal. He started his career as a visiting scientist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture in Colombia.

He then moved into business. At the Boston Consulting Group he worked on a broad range of international assignments, and at Amgen he held managerial positions across Europe.

He joined RepRisk in 2006. The company, legally RepRisk AG and formerly registered as Ecofact AG, is based in Zurich and specialises in data on ESG and business conduct risk. RepRisk counts him as a co-founder, alongside President Nicole Streuli-Fürst.

As CEO he leads a global leadership team that has been rebuilt in recent years, with a Chief Product Officer appointed in 2024 and a Chief Revenue Officer in 2026, and he serves on a board chaired since 2023 by Daniela Bosshardt-Hengartner.

Education

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich

PhD, Environmental Physics

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich

Master’s degree, Climatology and Hydrology