Who we are
The Fit for Life Foundation supports healthy aging and independent mobility of older people in aging societies worldwide through grants to innovative projects and by building global awareness of the value of physical activity.
The Fit for Life Foundation was established in 2020 as a public interest, not-for-profit foundation based in Liechtenstein. Its sister organization, the Fit for Life Foundation International, is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
The foundation promotes the vision of Jack Lowe, a Swiss entrepreneur and all-round athlete who has experienced first-hand the positive impact of sport on his ability to remain healthy, active and engaged in old age.
Jack believes that “getting fit and staying physically active are the best investment you can make for a long and healthy life.”
Jack Lowe
Champion of the Fit for Life philosophy
A successful entrepreneur and all-round athlete, Jack has been involved in amateur and professional sports for decades. He has climbed the highest peaks in Europe, Africa, and South America, and travelled 22 countries by bike.
Jack’s business and charitable activities span several continents. He is President of Lomastar SA, a private equity fund advisory in Switzerland, and the former Chairman of the VNH Foundation, a charity focusing on disabled children in Vietnam. From 2010 to 2014, he served as Chairman of Azure Partners, a firm specialising in microfinance funds. From 2004 to 2008, he was CEO of Blue Orchard Finance SA, the largest commercial microfinance fund in the world. As an entrepreneur, he has created a half-dozen businesses in his 50-year career.
Jack is in his eighties and is married with three adult children and seven grandchildren.
Sandor Nagy
Program and Operations Manager
Sandor oversees the awards program and supports the development of its activities and partnerships.
Sandor has over 20 years of experience in management and operations focusing on social impact and development. During 10 years at the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, he was responsible for all aspects of the foundation’s operations, from budgeting to conferences and social media outreach. He led the European Social Entrepreneur of the Year Awards program, while contributing to the development of high-profile partnerships. At the World Economic Forum, he was instrumental in the successful organisation of numerous Annual Meetings in Davos and countless worldwide Regional Summits.
Advisory Board
The members of the Advisory Board assist and support the Foundation in achieving its aims. They serve on a voluntary basis, sharing their expertise and experience in a range of fields, including non-profit management, fundraising, and medical and sports science.
The Foundation also works with a network of experienced professionals to select grantees, measure the impact of its grants, manage its funds and communicate its vision.
Dr. Louise Aronson
A practicing geriatrician and Professor of Medicine at the University of California (UCSF), the founding director of the AGE SELF CARE program and the Integrative Aging clinical practice at UCSF, and the author of the non-fiction bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life. Dr. Aronson has received numerous awards, including California Homecare Physician of the Year and the Gold Professorship in Humanism in Medicine. Her scholarly articles have been published in prestigious medical journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine and the Lancet.
André Borschberg
An entrepreneur with a passion for exploration and the environment, André is best known as the CEO, co-founder and pilot of Solar Impulse. In 2015, at the age of 62, he broke the world record for the longest solo flight in an airplane of any kind: 117 hours and 52 minutes. The challenge was to optimize the use of both the airplane’s energy and his own energy, which he achieved thanks to yoga and meditation. In early 2017, André co-founded H55, a spinoff of Solar Impulse developing electric propulsion technologies. André lives in Switzerland and is married with three adult children and three grandchildren.
Dr. Anne L. Friedlander
Dr. Friedlader is an exercise physiologist and adjunct professor in the Program in Human Biology at Stanford University. During her tenure at Stanford, she directed her Exercise Physiology Lab and served as the Associate Director for Education of the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center (GRECC) at the VA Palo Alto. She also served as the Director of the Mobility Division within the Stanford Center on Longevity (SCL). Dr. Friedlander has broad research experience in the areas of enhancing human performance, environmental physiology, and using physical activity and mobility to promote healthy aging.
Antonella Notari
Antonella has over 30 years experience in the non-profit and humanitarian sector. She was head of the Womanity Foundation, leading innovative programs to advance women’s empowerment. Prior to that, she designed and implemented the first corporate communication strategy for BlueOrchard, the world leader in commercial microfinance. She began her career as a delegate for the International Committee of the Red Cross, before leading the organization’s public communications as spokesperson. In 2018, Antonella changed her life by moving to Tuscany to manage Podere Trafonti, her organic farm and guesthouse.
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors of Fit for Life Foundation is responsible for the overall supervision of the Foundation’s activities, and guarantees that it operates in a professional and transparent manner with regard to its grantees, beneficiaries and partners. The Board meets at least twice a year.
Antoine Kohler, Director
Partner, Perréard de Boccard SA, Geneva
Dr. Guido Meier, Director
Attorney at Law, VaduzJack Lowe, Chairman
Champion of the Fit for Life Philosophy and CEO of Lomastar SA