Urs Stirnimann

Founder and Chairman

Urs Stirnimann is the founder and chairman of Swiss Academy DMCC in Dubai. He spent over 30 years working across the Middle East and Latin America, specializing in financial and legal matters. His roles included leading a Swiss Foreign Ministry mission in the Middle East and serving as CEO of VP Bank in both Switzerland and the Caribbean. In 2004, he became managing partner of the first law firm in the Dubai International Financial Centre and later established a firm in Abu Dhabi. Fluent in multiple languages, he often advises on complex company structures, compliance, and Islamic finance.