Facts and figures
Donations to the ETH Foundation help consolidate ETH Zurich’s leading position on the international stage, strengthen Switzerland’s capacity for innovation and push the boundaries of knowledge. Our foundation board trustees volunteer their experience and enthusiasm to ensure that together, we are able to make remarkable things happen.
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Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees consists of 15 well-known personalities from education, business and society, who volunteer their experience, expertise and great enthusiasm for ETH Zurich. It is responsible for the strategic management of the Foundation.
Report of the independent auditor to the Board of Trustees of the ETH Zurich Foundation, Zurich
The accompanying summary financial statements, comprising the summary balance sheet and the summary income statement as at 31 December 2020 for the financial year then ended (pages 38 and 39), are derived from the audited consolidated financial statements of ETH Zurich Foundation, Zurich for the year ended 31 December 2020. We expressed an unmodified audit opinion on those financial statements In our report dated 22 March 2021.
The summary financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required. Reading the summary financial statements, therefore, is not a substitute for reading the audited financial statements of ETH Zurich Foundation, Zurich.
Responsibility of the Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is responsible for the preparation of a summary of the audited financial statements.
Auditors’ responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the summary financial statements based on our audit procedures, which were conducted in accordance with Swiss Auditing Standard 810 “Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements”.
Opinion
In our opinion, the summary financial statements derived from the audited financial statements of ETH Zurich Foundation, Zurich for the year ended 31 December 2020 are consistent, in all material aspects, with those financial statements.
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