Xavier Oberson is Professor of Swiss and International Tax Law at the University of Geneva, atorney-at-law in a Swiss law firm specialized in tax or commercial maters. He teaches regularly in various Universities abroad and, notably, was invited Professor at Paris-Creteil and at La Sorbonne (Paris). In particular, since 2016, he has initiated a research on the potential taxation of robots and artificial intelligence.

He is active in various associations, expert commitees and foundations.

In addition, he is Vice-President of the Board of the Montreux Jazz Festival, President of the Montreux Jazz Artists Foundation and President of the Board of the Foundation of the Grand Théâtre de Genève (Geneva opera).