Christian Pichler

Chairman and Managing Director

Christian Pichler is Chairman and Managing Director of GERBER-RAUTH Srl, a private investment company he founded in 2015 focused on the Dairy Ecosystem™, building on his family’s 50+ years of experience across dairy, agribusiness, commodities, consumer goods, and real estate. Previously, he served on the Executive Board of his family’s investment firm DELMO, where he led the acquisition and restructuring of L’INTERFORM, an international dairy distribution company. Christian began his career at Adidas and later gained experience in investment banking at Goldman Sachs, venture capital and private equity at 3i, and auditing at PwC. He also spent six years at Nestlé in senior international roles across Switzerland, Mexico, and Chile, including leading marketing for Nestlé’s foodservice business in Mexico. He holds a degree in Business Administration from European School of Business and Dublin City University, with further executive education at IMD and the University of Miami, and is fluent in German, Italian, English, Spanish, with basic French.