Tammy Spoerri joined the accounting department of the Basel Institute on Governance in March 2023. 

Originally from the United States, she began her career in banking, but took time off to raise four children. After moving to Switzerland in 2007, she re-entered the work force in 2014 at Intersport International in Bern, working in the order processing and hardware departments before settling in finance. Her tasks included accounts receivable and payable, general ledger maintenance and quarterly/annual closings, during which she gained an extensive knowledge of SAP. She maintained relationships with finance colleagues at Intersport organisations worldwide as well as with the headquarters in China.

Tammy has a Bachelor of Science in Business with a major in Finance and a minor in Business Information Systems from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio USA.