Business

The triple expertise in business, science, and sport gives me a distinctive perspective on optimizing organizations, teams, and individuals. These experiences shaped my approach to leadership development, executive talent management and executive coaching, enabling sustainable excellence. My thirty years of business experience and business acumen have been built across the following phases of my professional business life:

Corporate Career

From 2006 - 2025, I served as an executive and subject-matter expert in organizational development, leadership development, and executive talent management for large corporations. My area of expertise include sustainable leadership, strategic succession management, performance management, compensation systems, and executive talent management - always with the goal of strengthening organizational purpose and competitiveness. Concrete examples of developed and implemented work with the following employers include:

Siemens - Global Tech Company

Executed succession planning and management for key functions for a business of 80 k employees worldwide, incl. building strong and diverse executive pipeline and guiding high potential executives on their individual development path.
Advised human resources leaders and business leaders as a trusted advisor on internal sourcing, placement and all talent related topics.
Implemented and delivered executive coaching with the use of Hogan Assessment instruments.
Sensibilized talent mindset towards a high degree of personal responsibility and talents as self-entrepreneurs with regard to their careers ("Own Your Career").
Executed yearly potential development process and performance management process (methodical, process, quality) for two European countries.
Developed and managed global and local people potential programs.

Valora - European FMCG Company

Developed and implemented the organization & people development strategy linked to company strategy, incl. leading the Center of Excellence with 20 employees.
Significantly enhanced and executed the companywide performance appraisal process, the talent identification & development process, as well as the succession planning for key functions.
Further developed the leadership competency model and the company values, incl. integration into all human resources instruments.
Restructured the company wide job leveling plans as the basis for organization structure and its linkage to leadership and specialist career development.
Developed and implemented an architecture of all internal/external company wide leadership & skill development programs, incl. designing and exectuting an international senior leadership program.

Swisscom - National Telecommunication Company

Designed, implemented and consolidated a group wide process for succession planning & management for key functions, incl. management review and talent identification processes.
Designed, implemented and aligned respective management development activities for succession candidates.

UBS - Global Bank

Optimized and executed a global leadership development program taking place in Europe, US & Asia for the banks most experienced leaders, incl. preparing with internal and external faculty-partners.
Co-developed and executed numerous management development programs for first level leaders (team leaders) worldwide.
Managed specific mentoring programs for the most senior managers (group managing board - key function holders - succession candidates).

Consulting Career

From 1995 - 2006, I worked as a management consultant specializing in leadership developement, career consulting and organizational development for national and international companies across industries such as technology, telecommunications, retail, pharmaceuticals, and financial services. This period sharpened my business acumen and laid the foundation for my later leadership expertise. Concrete examples of delivered work in collaboration with the following consulting companies include:

Actionova - National Management Consultancy

Systematic consulting of leaders in the area of company development and culture transformation, executive coaching, outplacement and career management, incl. acquiring such complex projects (18 mandates).
Developed structured consulting products such as: "Career Development", "Leadership & Executive Coaching", "Performance Coaching", and "Career Transition Coaching".
Worked as assessor in the assessment center of the Swiss Military Academy to evaluate future professional officers (ACABO).

Right Management - International Management Consultancy

Systematic and individual consulting of leaders and specialists in career transition - outplacement and executive coaching (50 mandates).
Consulting of small and medium sized companies in enhancing their leadership structure as well as defining strategy and consolidation.
Lectured in the executive MBA program of the University of Zurich with the topic: "Leading Your Self".

Lee Hecht Harrison - International Management Consultancy

Methodical and individual consulting of leaders and specialists in career transition to find new and meaningful work - outplacement (25 mandates).
Developed and performed internal workshops with topics such as: "Mental Strength", and "Career Management".

Weder Consulting - National Management Consultancy

Execution of events and seminars to transfer knowledge and experience from the world of competitive sports to the world of private companies.
Member of the board of directors of "Swiss Sport Aid"; acquisition of sponsorship money.
Performed client events and seminars for Adecco S.A. and Winterthur Life Insurance AG in combination with "Experiential Learning".
Performed seminars with the topic: "Fitness For Managers" at the University of St. Gallen (3 Modules: "Body Training", "Mental Training", and "Nutrition").
Performed seminars for Intrum Justitia AG with the topic: "Fitness In The Professional Life".
Developed and performed seminars for Ciba Geigy AG (later Novartis AG) with the topic "Mental Leadership" in combination with "Experiential Learning".
Developed and performed seminars with the topic: "High Performance Teams" in collaboration with Remmers Consultants AG.

Business

Corporate Career

Siemens - Global Tech Company

Executed succession planning and management for key functions for a business of 80 k employees worldwide, incl. building strong and diverse executive pipeline and guiding high potential executives on their individual development path.

Advised human resources leaders and business leaders as a trusted advisor on internal sourcing, placement and all talent related topics.

Implemented and delivered executive coaching with the use of Hogan Assessment instruments.

Sensibilized talent mindset towards a high degree of personal responsibility and talents as self-entrepreneurs with regard to their careers ("Own Your Career").

Executed yearly potential development process and performance management process (methodical, process, quality) for two European countries.

Developed and managed global and local people potential programs.

Valora - European FMCG Company

Developed and implemented the organization & people development strategy linked to company strategy, incl. leading the Center of Excellence with 20 employees.

Significantly enhanced and executed the companywide performance appraisal process, the talent identification & development process, as well as the succession planning for key functions.

Further developed the leadership competency model and the company values, incl. integration into all human resources instruments.

Restructured the company wide job leveling plans as the basis for organization structure and its linkage to leadership and specialist career development.

Developed and implemented an architecture of all internal/external company wide leadership & skill development programs, incl. designing and exectuting an international senior leadership program.

Swisscom - National Telecommunication Company

Designed, implemented and consolidated a group wide process for succession planning & management for key functions, incl. management review and talent identification processes.

Designed, implemented and aligned respective management development activities for succession candidates.

UBS - Global Bank

Optimized and executed a global leadership development program taking place in Europe, US & Asia for the banks most experienced leaders, incl. preparing with internal and external faculty-partners.

Co-developed and executed numerous management development programs for first level leaders (team leaders) worldwide.

Managed specific mentoring programs for the most senior managers (group managing board - key function holders - succession candidates).

Consulting Career

Actionova - National Management Consultancy

Systematic consulting of leaders in the area of company development and culture transformation, executive coaching, outplacement and career management, incl. acquiring such complex projects (18 mandates).

Developed structured consulting products such as: "Career Development", "Leadership & Executive Coaching", "Performance Coaching", and "Career Transition Coaching".

Worked as assessor in the assessment center of the Swiss Military Academy to evaluate future professional officers (ACABO).

Right Management - International Management Consultancy

Systematic and individual consulting of leaders and specialists in career transition - outplacement and executive coaching (50 mandates).

Consulting of small and medium sized companies in enhancing their leadership structure as well as defining strategy and consolidation.

Lectured in the executive MBA program of the University of Zurich with the topic: "Leading Your Self".

Lee Hecht Harrison - International Management Consultancy

Methodical and individual consulting of leaders and specialists in career transition to find new and meaningful work - outplacement (25 mandates).

Developed and performed internal workshops with topics such as: "Mental Strength", and "Career Management".

Weder Consulting - National Management Consultancy

Execution of events and seminars to transfer knowledge and experience from the world of competitive sports to the world of private companies.

Member of the board of directors of "Swiss Sport Aid"; acquisition of sponsorship money.

Performed client events and seminars for Adecco S.A. and Winterthur Life Insurance AG in combination with "Experiential Learning".

Performed seminars with the topic: "Fitness For Managers" at the University of St. Gallen (3 Modules: "Body Training", "Mental Training", and "Nutrition").

Performed seminars for Intrum Justitia AG with the topic: "Fitness In The Professional Life".

Developed and performed seminars for Ciba Geigy AG (later Novartis AG) with the topic "Mental Leadership" in combination with "Experiential Learning".

Developed and performed seminars with the topic: "High Performance Teams" in collaboration with Remmers Consultants AG.

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