
2,500 employees
Today 2,500 doctors, surgeons, midwives, nurses and cleaning staff work in the Kantha Bopha hospitals.




The Organisation
The five well-operating Kantha Bopha hospitals in Cambodia are managed by the Foundation, based in Zurich, Switzerland. It collects the money to finance the hospitals’ activities. The Foundation Board is made up of senior Cambodian physicians who had worked with Dr Beat Richner since 1992 and by longstanding members from Switzerland who have supported the Foundation for years.
The CEO, Dr. Peter Studer, replaced Dr. Beat Richner after he stepped down, and has been involved in the project since the beginning. Dr. René Schwarzenbach has been President of the Foundation since 2014.
The Board is carrying on the spirit and philosophy built by Dr. Beat Richner in his hospitals.
Senior physicians
at our hospitals in Cambodia

Dr. med.
Iv Malene
Vice Director, Hospitals
in Phnom Penh

Dr. med.
Khun Leang-Chhun
Vice Director, Hospital
in Siem Reap

Dr. biol.
Denis Laurent
General Director
The Board
of the Swiss Foundation

Dr. med.
Beat Richner
Honorary President

Tiziano Tuena
Treasurer

Geneviève F. Cattin-Studer
Member of the Board

Susanna Cohen-Straka
Member of the Board

Prof. Dr. med.
Andreas Fanconi
Member of the Board

Prof. Dr. med.
Oliver Kretschmar
Member of the Board

Prof. Dr. med.
Felix Niggli
Member of the Board

Dr. iur.
Florian von Meiss
Member of the Board

Dr. med.
Seraina Prader
Member of the Board

Peter Rothenbühler
Member of the Board
