Beat has spent his professional career in Switzerland, Latin America, and the USA, working in executive positions in sales & marketing. Before setting out to organize the World Banknote Summit, he has acquired a profound market knowledge working for many years as a senior executive in the security printing industry. Beat has studied in Switzerland and in the USA. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Information Systems from the University of Zurich, and an MBA from IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland.