Board of trustees

Chairperson

Dr. Thomas Renz 

Vice-chairperson

Dr. h.c. Samuel Sprunger

Treasurer, legal advisor

Dr. Christoph Noelpp 

Scientific advisors

Dr. Phillip Cribb
Former deputy-keeper (and curator of the Orchid Herbarium), Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London

Prof. em. Dr. Christian Körner
Former head of the Botanical Institute, University of Basel

Prof. em. Dr. Thomas Boller
Botanical Institute, University of Basel

Prof. Dr. Peter Linder
Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zurich 

Dr. Roland Bühlmann
Director, Bühlmann Laboratories AG

Further official associates

Research associate

Dr. Rudolf Jenny
BibliOrchidea, Allmendingen

Research associate, horticultural expert

Johann Blättler
President of the Swiss orchid society, exposition / orchid culture, Kerns