Susan Kish is a senior executive with more than two decades of board and management experience in social networks, financial services, emerging technologies and building businesses.

Susan is currently the Director of Knowledge Services at New Energy Finance.  Previously, she joined the global professional online network XING in February 2006, when XING acquired her firm First Tuesday.  With partners, Susan Kish founded First Tuesday in Zurich in 1999. As the CEO, she developed it into a highly regarded independent think tank that supported the development of thought leader networks and innovative knowledge sharing in financial services, sustainable energy, and emerging IT and bio- technologies. The firm focused on generating strategic dialogue through techniques such as effective scenario planning and war gaming. First Tuesday’s forums, workshops, and awards were attended by over 23,000 people since its foundation.

Ms. Kish started her career as a banker.  She was with UBS for more than 14 years, most recently as Global Functional Head of Structured Finance, based in Zurich. Before moving to Europe in 1995, she held a variety of executive positions at UBS and at Chase in New York, where she was responsible for their successful entry into several new financial markets and products.

Ms. Kish is an experienced public speaker and facilitator at corporate events and universities, on topics including networks, innovation, and risk.  She is a director on several boards, and supports various initiatives including as a Jury Member for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year.  She graduated from Harvard University, and lives with her family in Boston, US.