Jens Alder is a Swiss businessperson who has been at the head of 13 different companies and currently is Chairman of Alpiq Holding AG and Chairman of ColVisTec AG.

He is also on the board of Goldbach Group AG and Scope Content AG.

In the past he occupied the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board of RTX A, Chairman at Swiss Steel Holding AG, Chairman of Sanitas Krankenversicherung and Chairman for Sanitas Beteiligungen AG (a subsidiary of Sanitas Krankenversicherung), Chairman of Alpiq Holding AG and Principal at Atel Holding AG (a subsidiary of Alpiq Holding AG), Chairman-Supervisory Board at Industrielle Werke Basel, Chairman at Sanitas Health Insurances, Chief Executive Officer of TDC A, Chairman at Goldbach Group AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board for Bonnard & Gardel Ingenieurs Conseils SA and Chief Executive Officer of Swisscom AG.

He received a graduate degree from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and an MBA from INSEAD.