
Some 130 multinationals already have a headquarters based in Geneva. Some of the reasons they have in common for choosing Geneva include the city’s central location in Europe and proximity to Africa and the Middle East, its quality of life, its excellent infrastructure, its highly educated and multilingual workforce and the stable and secure surroundings. International banks, renowned high-tech and biotech companies, as well as the world’s leading trading companies, have all chosen the city for their headquarters or a key office.
Companies coming to Geneva are world-class enterprises specialising in high added-value sectors. They choose this city because it offers the world-class conditions and benefits they need to develop their businesses successfully.
Some among many of the foreign multinational groups with offices in Geneva:
* Global, EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) or European Headquarters
- ABB Sécheron
- AMD Advanced Micro Devices*
- Agilent Technologies*
- ALCOA Europe*
- Alibaba
- American Express Bank
- AT&T International
- Auto Desk*
- AWB*
- Bacardi Martini
- ING Bank
- Banque Pictet*
- Barclays Bank
- Battelle Memorial Institute
- BNP Paribas
- Bracco Reasearch & Bracco Imaging
- Brocade*
- Bunge
- Burson Marsteller
- Cambridge Technology Partners
- Cargill International*
- Carrefour World Trade*
- Caterpillar*
- Cincom*
- Citibank
- Cohn & Wolfe
- Coimex Trading
- Colgate-Palmolive*
- COLT Telecom
- Columbia Sportswear Company
- Conagra International
- COVANCE Central Laboratory Services*
- Credit Suisse
- Daiwa Securities SMBC
- Davisco Foods International
- Deloitte
- Deutsche Bank
- DHL*
- Dow Europe
- Dunavant*
- DuPont*
- DuPont Dow Elastomers*
- Eastman Kodak*
- Electronic Arts
- EA Swiss Sàrl
- Easy Jet Switzerland
- Eli Lilly*
- Elpida
- Equant
- Equinix
- Ernst & Young
- ESR Expertise Systèmes Réseaux
- Essent
- Federal Express
- Federal Mogul*
- Firmenich*
- Gemplus Management and Trading
- GE Specialty Materials
- Givaudan
- The Gillette Company*
- Givaudan*
- Grey Worldwide
- Heidrick & Struggles
- Hewlett Packard*
- Hughes Aircraft
- IBM Microelectronics Division*
- IHS Energy Division
- Iomega International*
- International Petroleum Products (IPP)
- Ipsos
- Jet Aviation
- JP Morgan
- JT International*
- Kempinski International*
- Korn-Ferry International
- KPMG
- Lexmark International*
- Litasco
- Lloyds Bank
- Lockheed Martin International*
- Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch Group*
- Louis-Dreyfus Trading
- Maersk
- Mars Electronics International
- Mauboussin International
- McCann-Erickson
- MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company*
- Merrill Lynch International
- Mitsubishi Tokyo Wealth Management
- Moore Stephens Refidar
- Novo Nordisk Engineering
- Nomura Bank
- Olam
- ORACLE*
- Parker Lucifer
- Patek Philippe*
- Pictet
- Polo Ralph Lauren
- PriceWaterhouseCoopers
- Procter & Gamble*
- PSA International
- PSINet Europe
- Regus
- Reuters*
- Richemont*
- Rolex*
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Sanofi-Aventis
- Sempra Energy Trading
- Serono*
- Shiseido
- Silicon Graphics*
- SITA*
- SGS*
- Spencer Stuart
- STMicroelectronics*
- Stryker Trauma*
- Sungrain (groupe Louis-Dreyfus)
- Sylvania Lighting *
- Take-Two Interactive Software *
- Taurus Petroleum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Totsa Total Oil Trading
- Trafigura Beheer
- UBS
- Union Bancaire Privée*
- Union Carbide
- Vela Group International SA*
- VeriSign*
- Virgin
- White & Case International Trade (Geneva)
- Young & Rubicam Business Communications
- Yum! Restaurants International