The Board

Carles Gallifa Puig

president

In 2015, when I first arrived in Switzerland, the book club was my gateway to the Casal. Since then, I have always been involved with the Casal in one way or another and, little by little, I have come to know its different faces, its members, all the possibilities and potential of this community. The Casal is what the members want it to be and I, as president, am eager to help you grow it.  

Anna Mir

vice president and secretary

I arrived in Zurich on October 2, 2017. The political situation of the time, combined with the nerves of a life change, marked that autumn. It didn’t take me long to find a community with whom I could understand myself and share opinions and feelings.  
At home we have always followed all the Catalan traditions, any excuse is a good one to celebrate. In 2019 I joined the board as a member. As vice president, I want to make you feel at home, enjoying a good meal and our culture!

Quim Llimona

treasurer

After an adventure in Canada, my wife and I arrived in Zurich in 2017. We immediately became regulars at the Casal parties. In 2022 I joined the Board (I had already been collaborating for many years anyway), and some time later I took over the Treasury. You can find me at events and excursions, and at the General Assemblies, where I will summarize in a completely transparent way what the Casal has done (and spent) during the year.

Jordi Cluet i Martinell

member
(president of Castellers de Zürich)

My life in Switzerland began in Lausanne, in the summer of 2022. I immediately integrated into the Catalan community and, through the CCL, participated in the Castellers de Lausanne. A year later, I moved to Zurich where, again, I found family in the Casal and co-founded the Castellers de Zurich.
In March 2024, I joined the Board, to do my bit to bring our culture and language closer and spread and make us feel a little closer to home.

Xavier Garcia Tormo

member
(treasurer of Castellers de Zürich)

I arrived in Switzerland in October 2011, to work at the University of Bern. After a job change, I moved to Zurich in April 2020, in the midst of the pandemic. When I learned at the beginning of 2024 that a Colla castellera was being formed in Zurich, I actively participated in the project from the very beginning. In May 2025, I joined the Junta del Casal to help spread the castells and Catalan culture in general in Zurich.

Glòria Llopart Barrera

member

Since I arrived in Zurich in 2016 I have been linked to the Casal participating in events, magical places where I enjoy our culture and feel that I am still part of the Catalan-speaking community. In 2023 I realized that my daughter did not have the possibility of learning to read and write in Catalan. What a surprise I was when I discovered many other families who also wanted to offer their children a weekly space to learn the Catalan language and culture! And that is how I embarked on the adventure of creating the Catalan School of Zurich.

Mariona Bonàs Vera

member

I came to live in Zurich in the fall of 2024, together with my partner, to start my doctorate. A few months later we went to a rehearsal of the Castellers de Zurich and we got hooked. Through the castellers I got to know the Casal and the activities it organizes. I really appreciate the work that the Casal does to create community and bring Catalan culture closer to people abroad and that is why, a year later, I wanted to contribute my bit to help keep all the activities that it offers alive.

And you, are you up for it?

Write to us or come talk about it at one of our events!