POWER OF ATTORNEY



 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose

name appears below nominates, constitutes and appoints Reid B. Adams, David

J. Marshall, Carin F. Muhlbaum and Shanak Patnaik, and each of them (with full

power to act alone), his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, for him and

on his behalf and in his place and stead in any and all capacities, to execute any

and all filings on Form 3 (Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of

Securities), Form 4 (Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of

Securities) or Form 5 (Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of

Securities) pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as

amended, and Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as

amended ("Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 Filings"), with respect to changes of

beneficial ownership of securities of THE SWISS HELVETIA FUND, INC. (the

"Fund"), and to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, The New

York Stock Exchange and the Fund such Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 Filings,

granting unto said attorney, full power and authority to do and perform certain

acts and things requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises as

fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned himself might or could do.



 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand

this 9th day of July 2018.





/s/ Gerald Hellerman

Gerald Hellerman

Director, The Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc.