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Lausanne Area, Switzerland

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

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Lausanne Area, Switzerland

• Led outreach and market pull activities of the Swiss Bluetec Bridge, a Swiss Government funded initiative (www.swissbluetecbridge.ch)

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

The department of communication and fundraising raised CHF 25.8 million (37 % of total income) in 2014 and is also in charge of overall outreach. The team of 25 fulltime positions contributed CHF 18 million of net revenue to the organization.• Repositioned Tdh on the Swiss market as well as in the field with a new corporate identity.• Ran one of the most successful door-drop campaigns in Switzerland (“cardboard” mailing sent out to 3 million households together with guerilla, billboards, classical and social media activities, CHF 2.1 million of income in 2011).• Developed and implemented a departmental strategy map and derived balanced scorecard in a collaborative process.• Deepened stakeholder engagement of individual and high donors, foundations or institutional donors (Swiss Solidarity, Swiss Cooperation, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) through tailored communication using a variety of channels (face to face, social and classical media, events, fundraising appeals).

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• Evaluated for the Governing Board, ICRC’s action in India as well as the related internal decision-making process since the early 90s.• Supported the Regional Head of Operations in briefing/debriefing staff leaving to or returning from field missions, preparing presentations and speaking notes, liaising with other departments and the field.

Lhokseumawe, Aceh, Indonesia

• Managed ICRC operations in Aceh (75 local staff and 5 expatriates working on 2 sites) with a budget for 2007 of CHF 2.9 million (without overhead).• Led a team running a voucher scheme, building water and sanitation facilities and supporting primary health services to enable returnees who had left during the former conflict to return home.

Ngozi, Burundi

• Oversaw 20 local and expatriate staff and managed a sub-delegation covering a third of the country’s population, i.e. 2.5 million inhabitants (budget without overhead: CHF 0.6 million).• Led ICRC action related to 30 forced disappearances, a major event in Burundi’s recent history.• Obtained increased access to detention places, and monitored conditions there. Cultivated productive relationship to authorities, opposition groups, humanitarian agencies and the civil society. Improved ICRC understanding of local context. Streamlined internal organization and fostered staff development.

Srinagar Area, India

• Supervised three prisons regarding conditions of detention and treatment of the detainees, coordinated protection activities and analyzed the political and humanitarian context in the Kashmir Valley.• Grew ICRC’s network of contacts within the Indian army and other security forces, local police, detention authorities and civil society. • Acted as head of sub-delegation in the supervisor’s absence.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• Developed corporate funding, acquired new corporate donors, established a business plan for the launch of the ICRC Corporate Support Group, and later cultivated its members.• Co-led and later headed the 6 staff unit ad interim during the last months of my tenure. In 2003, the unit raised funds worth CHF 41 million, the highest amount in its history.

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

STS (15 employees) provided training in project management and developed specific software training tools such as project simulators and internet-based training (e-learning). • As a Consultant led substantial e-learning projects and facilitated corporate and academic courses. • As Marketing & Sales Manager cultivated the company’s international partner network (e.g. Artemis).

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

• Launched a start-up addressing the full range of strategic and operational issues relevant to setting up effective online presence by drawing on an external pool of competencies.

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

In 1998 Nestlé Nespresso was a fraction of today’s globalized corporation and Switzerland its largest market. Yet the Nespresso Club, an ordering and customer care center, was already offering high-end round-the-clock services to its customers and processed half a million orders, made 15,000 outbound calls, sent out 600,000 mailings.• As Nespresso Club Director Switzerland managed a 25-person team in Lausanne and Zürich and implemented one-to-one marketing programs for 150,000 clients.

Valais, Switzerland

With 110 staff in Switzerland, Germany and France the company generated CHF 72 million of revenue (1996).• As Internal Services Manager for the bituminous binder unit, redesigned virtually all processes related to controlling, budgeting, marketing, human resources, quality management (ISO 9001/1996) and MIS.• As CEO Assistant on Group level co-managed a turnaround project that led to the closure of a 30 staff business unit and the inception of a new lean company

Lucerne Area, Switzerland

As Marketing Consultant analyzed and presented Swiss and European Nielsen Food Index data t a client base of over 20 FMCG companies (Procter & Gamble, LVMH, Jacobs Suchard). Acquired new business. Aligned databases with clients’ needs.

Master Of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Leadership, International Relations And Strategy

Master Of Arts (Lic. Oec. Hsg Vwl), Economics And International Relations

Evaluation Of Public Policies, Public Policy Analysis

High Performance Leadership (Hpl), Organizational Leadership

Cas Human Rights - Certificate, Human Rights