Celeste Rex joined the Basel Institute on Governance in October 2025 to support the Communications team in amplifying the Institute’s work on social media and other digital channels.

She previously worked at Alpian, a digital bank headquartered in Geneva, where she led the digital content marketing strategy and launched the SHEWEALTH Collective, a financial literacy community designed for women.

Prior to that, Celeste lived for several years in Germany, working for a digital publisher part of the Funke Mediengruppe in the entertainment sector. In this role, she worked as a Content and Video Editor, and eventually led a team of video producers for an array of social media brands across 10 languages.

Celeste holds two Bachelor’s degrees from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: one in Hispanic Linguistics and Literature and one in Aesthetics (Philosophy). She is currently pursuing an MA in Social Science with a major in Strategic Communications and Management and a minor in Empirical Cultural Studies at the University of Zurich.

She speaks Spanish, English and German, and is learning Japanese as a hobby inspired by her love of animation and manga.