Simon Sigrist Email & Phone Number

Zurich, Switzerland

The Kaufmännischer Verband (KV) is the center of competence for education and career in the commercial-business environment and in the retail sector. With its 150-year history, it is the oldest still active employee association in Switzerland. It supports and informs its members and customers on all questions concerning their professional careers. In addition, it represents employees from the banking and insurance, retail, trade, industry, timber construction, air transport and temporary employment sectors and is committed to strengthening their employability. Through its schools - commercial basic and further education schools, the Zurich University of Business Economics (HWZ) and the Swiss Institute for Business Economics (SIB) - the Kaufmännischer Verband Schweiz offers practice-oriented education and training. As the organizer or co-organizer of various vocational and professional examinations, it actively shapes the Swiss education systemI am part of the career advise and transition consulting team of KV Zurich, the biggest of the KV section in Switzerland. We offer to all KV members and non-members career and transition coaching in German and English.

Zürich, Switzerland

Zurich, Switzerland

The Swiss Re Group is a leading wholesale provider of reinsurance, insurance and other insurance-based forms of risk transfer. Dealing direct and working through brokers, its global client base consists of insurance companies, mid-to-large-sized corporations and public sector clients. From standard products to tailor-made coverage across all lines of business, Swiss Re deploys its capital strength, expertise and innovation power to enable the risk taking upon which enterprise and progress in society depend.I am the Subject Matter Expert in building, evaluating and maintaining state-of the art psychometric HR assessment solutions for selection of candidates and development of employees

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Founded in 2001 as a joint initiative by eleven foundations, SwissFoundations unites the charitable foundations in Switzerland and gives them a strong and independent voice. As an active network committed to innovation, SwissFoundations promotes the exchange of experience, transparency and professionalism in the Swiss foundation sector. The association is open to large and small, regionally and internationally active foundations based in Switzerland or Liechtenstein. The members of SwissFoundations invest more than CHF 1 billion in charitable projects and initiatives every year. SwissFoundations thus represents more than a third of the total annual distributions from charitable foundations in SwitzerlandI was interviewing the heads of more than 30 grant making foundations in Switzerland and Europe leading a project analyzing the current and future needs of foundations

Abidjan, Côte D'Ivoire

The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s mission is to help reduce poverty, improve living conditions for Africans and mobilize resources for the continent’s economic and social development. With this objective in mind, the institution aims at assisting African countries – individually and collectively - in their efforts to achieve sustainable economic development and social progress. Combating poverty is at the heart of the continent’s efforts to attain sustainable economic growth. To this end, the Bank seeks to stimulate and mobilize internal and external resources to promote investments as well as provide its regional member countries with technical and financial assistanceI was spearheading the implementation of assessments to support hiring decisions with psychometric data leading a team of 5 project officers; supported the assessment of more than 2000 candidates; trained senior line managers on how to observe and rate candidates

Berne

Benoit Consulting is offering individual and group assessments, management development programs and leadership training in both Europe and Asia since 2001.As a senior consultant I was leading assessment and development centers; designing case studies and coaching clients during the feedback-session

UBS AG is a multinational bank and financial services company founded and based in Switzerland. It maintains a presence in all major financial centres as the largest Swiss banking institution and the largest private bank in the world being I was deputizing the Head Campus Recruiting Switzerland & Continental Europe leading directly up to 8 employees. As a recruiter I have recruited over 700 Interns and Graduates for all Business Divisions focusing mainly on Wealth Management. I was the UBS contact for CEMS (strategic alliance between leading business schools and multinational companies) and the SME for recruiting processes, reporting and diversity

Hong Kong Sar

I was responsible for the hiring of the complete 2011 Investment Bank Fixed Income graduate & intern class ∼ 40 and re - designed the 2011 summer internship class for the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) students

Zurich, Switzerland

Assessing senior executives

Zurich, Switzerland

I was working at Corris as a Recruiter as well as a Teamleader FundraisingAs a recruiter I was leading interviews and and assessmetn centers to evaluate candidatesAs a teamleader Fundraising I was one of the top 25% fundraiser for differnt NPO's leading up to 8 employees

Fundraising* Informing about Helvetas campaigns and projects* Leading two employees

Master Of Science, Applied Cognitive Psychology

Certificate, Organizational Design

Certificate, Organizational Design

Coaching Certificate, Coaching

16 days Program; 110 hours

Diploma Of Advanced Studies (Das), Human Resourcemanagement

Education record

Education record