Life experience meets start-ups.
former CEO homegate.ch
As the former CEO of Switzerland's largest real estate portal homegate.ch, Heinz M. Schwyter is an expert in digitalization processes, PropTechs and start-ups in general.
Today, he advises companies and organizations from the real estate and healthcare sectors (Spitex) on their path to the digital future. He also supports PropTechs in their development and writes the blog proptechnews.ch.
He also runs the platform spitex-drehscheibe.ch with friends and a school in India with almost 200 pupils.
He has trained as a Lego® Serious Play® Facilitator and is also a member of the local council in Turbenthal, where he lives.
Former CEO of Volg, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Landi
Ferdinand Hirsig took on various specialist and management roles in retail companies in Switzerland and abroad at an early stage. Throughout Switzerland, his name is closely associated with the Volg Group, of which he was Managing Director for almost 20 years.
For many years, he was also a member of Fenaco's senior management team, where he developed the Group's most important retailers - Volg, Landi and TopShop - into major players in Switzerland.
Today, Ferdinand Hirsig holds numerous board memberships in the food and retail sectors, as well as in the social sector (Caritas markets, "Intakt" association).
Former CEO of Basler Kantonalbank
Guy Lachappelle was responsible for sales, risk and logistics as a member of the Executive Board of various banks before heading the Basler Kantonalbank as CEO for five years. He also served on the boards of directors and foundations and as a board member of organizations in the financial, medtech, real estate and healthcare sectors.
Together with his wife, he has been running two retirement homes in Germany as an entrepreneur for many years and is involved in start-ups and various projects for the training and further education of managers and board members. Another matter close to his heart is the presidency of a professional symphony orchestra in Basel.
HR Expert, GL Weka Business Media
As Head of Human Resources for many years
Iris Lentjes is a renowned sparring partner for executives, having worked for companies of various industries, sizes and cultures such as Livit (Uto Albis), MSC, Bombardier and Weka Business Media.
She has also been a freelance leadership coach and HR consultant for many years. She specializes in SMEs, for which she offers the entire range of HR topics, from recruiting to final certificates.
True to the motto "always close to people", she is a solution-oriented service provider who focuses on the personal development of managers.
Former GL Microsoft Switzerland
Peter Waser was Head of Switzerland and Head of Europe at Microsoft for many years. Under his leadership, the US company became the market leader in this country. He then took on the role of CEO at Starmind, a Zurich-based AI-based start-up, where he is still active today as a non-executive board member.
He is also active as an advisor or board member for various organizations, such as the Aero Club Zurich, a school in India and the Bern University of Applied Sciences, where he is also a guest lecturer.
Before joining Microsoft, he spent around 20 years as a manager at companies such as IBM and Swisscom.
PWP - Start Up / SME support
As founder of the Peter Wyss is still active at PWP Unternehmensberatung and has been supporting and coaching start-ups and founders in this role since 1985.
Equally important were his duties as CEO / Managing Director at Venture Capital Finance AG, which specializes in financing, company valuation and direct investments for start-ups and SMEs.
Peter Wyss was also a team member at the Start Up Promotion Agency CTI.
former GL Nokia, Start Up & Gamification
After many years of management experience in the ICT sector, Jürg Hofer has been an entrepreneur himself for over 20 years.
He focuses on founding and building start-ups in the e-learning sector, where he has held various roles in business development, sales and leadership with a focus on Europe and North America.
Today he is CEO of an e-learning consultancy and owner of a company specializing in gamification and micro-learning.
Hermann Willaredt has 28 years of experience in the banking business at Deutsche Bank with corporate and private clients (branch management, head of corporate clients) and 19 years in advising SMEs, start-ups and the self-employed. As a commercial all-rounder and long-standing consultant, he supports his clients in all matters relating to finance and banking as well as in the founding, business development and marketing of SMEs and start-ups.
He is also a proven real estate expert with extensive experience.
Erica Maurer is an accomplished HR all-rounder. Thanks to decades of experience as Head of HR at WorldVision Switzerland and Liechtenstein, a non-profit organization for children and their development, she has excellent people skills and is a proven recruiting expert. She also focuses on team building and team development issues. She also has broad experience and in-depth knowledge of social security and payrolling.
Today, she works as a freelance HR expert and provides hands-on support to companies at short notice.
Former GL Skyguide, HR Consultant
Marianne Högstedt has many years of professional experience as an independent manager and consultant for Organizational and management development at Swissair with various major projects in the areas of strategy, organizational development, team building and management training. Before that she was Head of Human Resources and member of Skyguide's Executive Board in times of profound change. Today she offers Consulting in the areas of strategy and organizational development, leadership and team development, human resources, coaching and career planning. The focus is on individually tailored, concrete support for your clients.
She is also involved in aid projects in Africa.
Andre Schmid has many years of experience in the IT/digital world and has worked in sales for well-known IT/IS providers and digital players such as Unisys, Bluewin and Namics for over 30 years. He is an expert in all aspects of sales management (e.g. Mounting and Expansion and management of sales organization, own sales activities and support of key accounts)marketing and business development in the digital world. As the founder of his own start-up, he is familiar with the challenges faced by young entrepreneurs.
For 25 years, he has taken on strategic and operational tasks and responsibilities with a management role.
WhenWednesday, May 18, 2022, from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
WhereCoworking Lounge Tessinerplatz, Tessinerplatz 7, 8002 Zurich (at Enge train station)
Price: free of charge
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