Philipp Rusch draws on more than two decades of experience as an investor, entrepreneur, and corporate executive. Alongside an international leadership career across global real estate, infrastructure, and advisory organisations, he has built and developed real estate investment companies. In senior roles, he has worked with Fortune 500 companies and leading national organisations.
His work focuses on positioning real estate and the organisational and operating models associated with it as strategic value drivers by connecting capital allocation, operational execution, and long-term performance.
Career
Philipp Rusch has held senior leadership positions in international organisations while pursuing entrepreneurial and investment activities in real estate.
Most recently, he served as VP / Global Head of the Commercial Real Estate Vertical at Siemens Smart Infrastructure. Prior to that, he held several leadership roles at CBRE, including Managing Director and Regional Alliance Director EMEA, where he was responsible for strategic real estate mandates, international client organisations, and complex operating structures across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Earlier in his career, he held operational and strategic leadership positions at Johnson Controls, overseeing integrated real estate, capital projects, and facilities management services as well as investment projects. In these roles, he managed complex client portfolios and led strategic and operational transformation and improvement initiatives. He also served as Employer Representative on the Board of Trustees of the Johnson Controls Swiss Pension Fund.
He began his professional career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Assurance Financial Services, advising and auditing national and international financial institutions. He also served as Managing Director of a Swiss real estate SME, further strengthening his entrepreneurial and operational experience in real estate.
He holds a Master of Advanced Studies in Real Estate (CUREM) from the University of Zurich and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen.
