Gabe Shawn Varges

Gabe Shawn Varges is the Senior Partner, HCM International, and Chairman of the GECN Group, Switzerland and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Asia School of Business.

Mr. Varges has extensive international experience as an executive, regulator, academic, and advisor. He works with companies and authorities around the world on the interconnection of strategy, corporate governance, board effectiveness, leadership, culture, ethics, compliance, ESG, performance management, compensation, and regulation.

In addition to his private sector and academic work, Mr. Varges’  experience includes serving as Head of Governance of the Swiss combined banking, securities, and insurance regulator. There, among other things, he supervised financial institutions and represented the authority on various international bodies, including the OECD, BCBS, IAIS, and the Financial Stability Board, leading or contributing to various cross-border expert taskforces among regulators. Earlier, he served in senior executive positions with major multinationals.

Mr. Varges has served on various boards and is currently Chairman of Ethics & Compliance Switzerland.  An author of multiple publications, Mr. Varges has taught at several universities. He is a Juris Doctor graduate of Harvard and holds B.A. and MALD degrees. At Harvard, he served as Teaching Fellow and Tutor, and was part of the Harvard Negotiation Project.