has been CEO of the NZZ Media Group since June 2018. Previously, he was a member of the executive board of Centralschweizerische Kraftwerke AG (CKW) from 2011 and led the company from 2014 as its CEO. At the same time, he was a member of the Executive Committee of Axpo Holding. Prior to that, he worked for several years in various management positions at Swisscom. Among other things, he was responsible for the Swisscom entertainment services, including Swisscom TV, which he developed together with his team from strategy to mass production. From 1998 to 2002, he led McKinsey consulting mandates in various industries and countries. Graf holds a master's degree in physics and chemistry from ETH Zurich and a doctorate in physics from ETH Zurich. In 2007, he was named Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum (WEF).