Bastien Girod

Bastien Girod
Official portrait, 2023
Member of the National Council (Switzerland)
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 December 2007
Succeeded byMeret Schneider
ConstituencyCanton of Zurich
Personal details
Born
Bastien Girod

(1980-12-21) 21 December 1980 (age 43)
Geneva, Switzerland
Political partyGreen Party of Switzerland
Spouse
Ellen Tkatch
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(m. 2012; sep. 2023)​
Children2
ResidenceZürich-West
Alma materETH Zurich, University of Zurich
OccupationResearcher, lecturer, politician
Committeesenvironment, spatial planning and energy committee
WebsiteOfficial website
Parliament website

Bastien Girod (French: [bas.tjɛ̃ ʒi.ʁo]; born 21 December 1980) is a Swiss sustainability researcher, corporate and industry advisor and politician who serves as a member of the National Council (Switzerland) for the Green Party since 2007.[1][2] In August 2024, Girod announced to step back from office, and designated Meret Schneider as his successor.[3]

Early life and education

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Girod was born 21 December 1980 in Geneva, Switzerland. He has one sister as well as a half-brother and half-sister from his fathers previous marriages. Additionally his family took-in three foster children.[4] He was raised in Biel/Bienne. His family was well situated with his father being a physician and his mother a social worker.[5]

He received a private Waldorf education and then at the German-speaking high school in Biel/Bienne. Ultimately, Girod studied environmental science at ETH Zurich as well as at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. He had later completed an Executive MBA at the University of Zürich.

Career

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Girod is lecturer (Privatdozent) at the ETH Zurich on Sustainability and Technology.[6] He also holds an Executive MBA from the University of Zurich,[7] conducted a PhD at ETH Zurich with the title „Integration of Rebound Effects into Life-Cycle Assessment“.[8]

Since 2018 Bastien Girod works at South Pole Group as corporate sustainability advisor and head of the DACH business development unit.[9] In the same year he took over the presidency of the industry association for Swiss waste revalorization plants (VBSA), which is committed to a sustainable Swiss waste system.[10]

Politics

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Since 2007, Bastien Girod (Green Party) has been an elected member of the Swiss national council, where he serves on the environment, spatial planning and energy committee.[11]

Personal life

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In 2012, Girod married Ellen Tkatch (born 1984), a native of Ukraine, a communications executive and former Miss Zurich 2005.[12] They have two daughers, Ari Girod (born 2014) and Lin (born 2017).[13] They legally separated in 2023.[14]

Girod resides in Zürich West.[15]

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References

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  1. ^ "Votez pour moi. Bastien Girod: «La Suisse est moins ambitieuse que l'UE» - Le Temps" (in French). 2007-10-19. ISSN 1423-3967. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  2. ^ "Ratsmitglied ansehen". Federal Assembly. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  3. ^ "Bastien Girod tritt als Nationalrat zurück – Meret Schneider rückt nach". Watson (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  4. ^ Isler, Thomas (2015-07-25). "Theoretiker des Glücks". NZZ am Sonntag (in Swiss High German). ISSN 1660-0851. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  5. ^ Isler, Thomas (2015-07-25). "Theoretiker des Glücks". NZZ am Sonntag (in Swiss High German). ISSN 1660-0851. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  6. ^ "Dr. Bastien Girod". www.sustec.ethz.ch. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  7. ^ "Universität Zürich: Executive MBA" (PDF).
  8. ^ Girod, Bastien (2009). Integration of rebound effects into LCA: analysis of the environmental impact of product-consumption interactions (Doctoral thesis). ETH Zurich. doi:10.3929/ethz-a-005955688.
  9. ^ "Bastien Girod wechselt zur Zürcher Klima-Firma South Pole". South Pole. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  10. ^ "Bastien Girod als Präsident des VBSA gewählt" (PDF). vbsa.ch. 2018-05-17.
  11. ^ "Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy Committees ESPEC". Federal Assembly. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  12. ^ "Was macht eigentlich...? - Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich". www.tagblattzuerich.ch. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  13. ^ "Bastien Girod: Der Nationalrat und seine Familie ganz privat". Schweizer Illustrierte (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  14. ^ Redaktion. "Bastien Girod: Grünen-Nationalrat und Ehefrau trennen sich". Nau (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  15. ^ Keller, Christoph (2023-06-09). "Der Optimist". Republik (in German).
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