GD Prize 2008

Nobel Peace Prize winner and former UN Secretary General Kofi A. Annan was presented with the old-established Gottlieb Duttweiler Award at a formal ceremony held in Rüschlikon on the evening of 8 September 2008. The event was attended by some 300 guests from the worlds of business and politics.

The award, which is endowed with 100,000 Swiss francs, was presented to Kofi A. Annan by Gisèle Girgis-Musy, president of the "Im Grüene" Foundation. Swiss President Pascal Couchepin delivered an address on behalf of the Swiss Government, while the eulogies were delivered by two of the laureate's friends: former Swiss minister Adolf Ogi and the British-African entrepreneur Mo Ibrahim. Top management of Migros was represented on the platform by Herbert Bolliger, CEO of Migros Cooperative Federation (MGB), and Claude Hauser, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Migros Cooperative Federation (MGB). Daniela Lager, anchorwoman of Swiss Television's late-evening news programme, moderated the event.