Swiss nominee director | Swiss board member

A Swiss company must have at least one Swiss-resident director or board member as the person will be a local representative of the company and a point of contact for Swiss authorities such as tax and social security’s officers. This is outlined according to article 718 Swiss Code of Obligations. This is also often referred to as a local Swiss director/board member or nominee director/board member. 

Since a Swiss company cannot be incorporated and managed without a Swiss director/board member, this is often the missing link for foreign entrepreneurs. F Trust specializes in assisting foreign organisations, companies, family offices and individuals in setting up and managing their Swiss entities. We can assist our clients with finding a nominee Swiss director/board member who’s profile suits their needs and company activity.

Our nominee Swiss directors/board members will represent your company towards local representatives and authorities. Our nominee Swiss directors/board members can equally assist in company administration which are required to be completed by the local representative.

At F Trust we provide profiles of qualified Swiss directors/board members which are selected to suit your business activity and requirements. We work with SRO approved directors/board members, which is required for companies that will apply for Swiss financial licenses. If your company will be used for holding purposes or general activities without requirements for any license, then then we place a Swiss director/board member who is a specialist in company administration.

To ensure that you only pay for what you need, our fee for Swiss nominee director/board member service varies depending on the required qualification of the director/board member:

• For holding companies yearly fee is CHF 5’000

• For operational companies, having employees yearly fee is CHF 6’000

• For the companies, that would be applying for Financial License, yearly fee is CHF 8’000.

The nominee directors/board members perform the following services for a company:

• Presence and availability for signatory purposes for Notary and Commercial registry

• Representation & point of contact of the company towards the Swiss Commercial registry and Notary

• Establishment of a corporate Swiss Bank account (if bank account opening services is required)

• Administration of any modifications in the statutes, domiciliation, or registration of the company

• General Advisory on how the company should operate in terms of Ordinary and Extraordinary general assemblies, board meetings, notifications and book-keeping to comply with Swiss corporate law

Please get in touch with us at admin@ftrust.ch and we would be glad to help you to find the most suitable nominee director/board member solution. We also offer accounting, payroll, banking, administrative and directorship services which can be combined together with directorship services.