Experience: CEO & Founder of Pleinert & Partner, Professor at UIBS, extensive experience in human capital management and organizational development, particular focus areas in leadership training & coaching and in the design and implementation of sourcing & pipelining models; previous professional experience in asset management, including several years in quantitative analysis, and in research & high tech.

Education: PhD in Technical Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Masters in Physics Engineering, Program for Executive Development at the IMD in Lausanne.

Languages: English, German, French and Finnish.

Location: Switzerland

Experience: COO and Head of Finnish operations, extensive experience in human capital management; award winning background in sales, marketing and recruiting. Previous positions in the IT and FMCG industries, in professional services and in international trade, in multinational corporations as well as an entrepreneur; has established several new businesses.

Education: Masters in International Business Administration from the Swedish School of Economics in Helsinki.

Languages: Finnish, English, Swedish, basic German.

Location: Finland

Experience: in-depth expertise in HR operations, payroll and insurance, also extensive experience in recruiting. Previous professional experience in IT- and marketing consulting in the area of internet and e-business solutions. Prior experience in a financial role in the nonprofit sector.

Education: Masters degree in Commerce from the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.

Languages: German, English, French, Finnish.

Location: Switzerland

Experience: Consultant for HR Development and Management Trainer, extensive experience in strategic human resource development with particular focus on competency modeling, strength oriented leadership training, team development and conflict management; previous professional experience in conflict research and management consulting.

Education: PhD in Conflict Research from Zurich University, Masters in Management of NGOs from the London School of Economics, Certified Mediator, accredited Insights MDI® & Assess® Trainer and consultant for stress prevention with RELIEF (R).

Languages: English, German, French and Italian.

Location: Switzerland

Experience: Practice Leader Life Sciences and Recruitment Lead, extensive experience in Executive Search and Active Sourcing, in particular conducting highly specialized international searches for clients in the life sciences industry; previous experience in Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs and in training and teaching.

Education: Master of Science in Psychology and Master of Science in Molecular Biology - both from Warsaw University (Poland). Extensive study in HR management. NLP Practitioner.

Languages: Polish, English.

Location: Switzerland

Experience: Senior Consultant in Finnish operations. Extensive experience in, sales, coaching, recruitment process, business developing and in commerce skills developing in profit and non-profit organizations. Previous positions in IT, in facility management, in professional services and in sales developing. Experience in multinational corporations as well as an entrepreneur.

Education: Master degree in Economics and Business Administration (Hanken School of Economics Helsinki, Finland)

Languages: Finnish, English, Swedish

Location: Finland

Experience: Extensive experience in strategy, risk management, business development, change management, supply chain, procurement, logistics, HRD and recruiting in various positions. Previous positions in airlines, travelling, logistics, customer service, MRO and professional services. Experience in multinational corporations, middle size companies and public organizations.

Education: Master degree in Industrial Management (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)

Languages: Finnish, English, Swedish

Location: Finland

Experience: Practice Leader HR Consulting & Outsourcing, extensive experience in HR consulting with a focus on HR strategy, HR processes and legal aspects; previous international experience as Director of Human Resources in global large and mid-sized companies, among other in the telecom and IT industries. Prior experience as Head of Corporate Services and Corporate Lawyer with a focus on Mergers & Acquisitions (HR Due Diligence).

Education: Master Degree in law (University of Berne) and admitted to the Bar of Berne; certificates on European Business Law (University of St. Gallen) and best-practice international Human Resources (University of Berne).

Languages: German, French, English.

Location: Switzerland

Experience: Silver Borer, M.A. HSG, certified tax expert, has been practising tax and legal consulting for more than 15 years, focussing on small and medium-sized enterprises. His specific areas of expertise are reorganizations of companies, succession planning, and sale of companies. Besides, he is active as a board member, director and branch manager for various enterprises. After his start in tax and legal consulting, he was a partner in a medium-sized trust company for several years. In 2005, he started his own enterprise

Education: He obtained his law degree from university of St. Gallen (HSG). While working with Arthur Andersen he was trained to become a tax expert

Languages: German, English.

Location: Switzerland

Experience: Executive Coach focussing on a holistic approach. Previous background in process design, quality management, business analysis and IT project management in the financial, logistics and food industries.

Education: Fachhochschule für Wirtschaft, Olten, followed by advanced training in process- and quality management.

Languages: German, French, English, Dutch.

Location: Switzerland

Experience: extensive experience as an Executive Coach and Assessor as well as in recruiting and sourcing; previous experience in institutional sales and consultancy in the international insurance industry with focus on collective Life / pension plans and in in the expatriate business as a Senior Key Account Manager for international health care insurance solutions for multinational companies.

Education: Master of Arts Degree in Humanities at the Geneva University, Switzerland, Certified Professional Coach from the IDC Geneva Institute (Institut de Coaching, education accredited ICF and EDUQUA).

Languages: French, German, English, Italian.

Location: Switzerland

Experience: Technical Writer at u-blox AG, previous professional experience at Avaloq Evolution AG, as Practice Leader IT at Pleinert & Partner, in software engineering and system- and database administration in the USA and in Switzerland, and as an editor, writer and co-producer of an English language bi-monthly publication in Switzerland.

Education: Bachelor of Science in Applied Mathematics, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburg.

Languages: English and German.

Location: Switzerland

Experience: Practice Leader Communications, also focusing on training; previous professional experience in language and exam training (Certified ELC examiner), in developing and elaborating course concepts, and as an official translator and interpreter for various international clients in the areas of Private Banking, Law and Market Research.

Education: B.A. and B.Ed in English Language and Literature, University Debrecen, Hungary, Bar-Ilan University, Tel-Aviv, Israel, M.A. in Journalism, MUOSZ, Budapest, Hungary

Languages: Hungarian, English, German.

Location: Switzerland

Pelin Istanbullu, MS - Senior Consultant

Experience: change management specialist focused on designing, delivering group and individual coaching/ training programs, background in business modeling, process reengineering and organizational restructuring as internal and external consultant; she led change management projects using different facilitation and survey techniques, designed and implemented leadership development trainings and employee engagement workshops.

Education: Master of Science in Industrial & Organizational Psychology.
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Guidance & Psychological Counseling - double major.
Erickson International Certified Professional Coach, Points of You® training and coaching tools Expert, Lewis Deep Democracy facilitation method Level 3 Practitioner

Language: Turkish, English, basic German

Location: London, Zurich
 

Experience: consultant and trainer in corporate communications, business development, and employer branding, focus areas are in building corporate online communication awareness and developing strategic internal and external communication strategies. Vice President and board member of 'Living In' organization for Integration initiatives, lecturer at 'Swiss Skills Academy', founder of Tuskwood MEDIA.

Languages: English, Russian, Lithuanian

Location: Lithuania, Switzerland

Experience: Extensive experience in sales, operations, organisation and business development, supply chain, procurement and recruiting in various positions. Previous positions in service sales management, logistics industry, mechanical industry and management consulting. Experience in change management in multinational corporations.

Education: Master degree in Science, (Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland)

Languages: Finnish, English, Swedish

Location: Finland

Experience: consultant in the field of business law, extensive experience especially pertaining to Agreements, Labor Law, Competition Law, M&A and Corporation Law. He has worked as a Legal Counsel at the office of Ernst & Young in Helsinki for 12 years having clients from small and medium size companies to multinational conglomerates; has also have worked at Attorneys offices, at the office of the Finnish Competition Authority and recently at the Federation for Technology Industries of Finland and holds several board positions.

Education: Law degrees from the University of Helsinki (Master of Laws) and from University of Amsterdam (LL.M.), Licensed Legal Counsel which means that he has right to represent clients in any court in Finland.

Languages: English and Finnish.

Location: Finland

Experience: Extensive expertise in resourcing/recruitment for all levels of positions, employer branding, recruitment process outsourcing, vendor management, restructuring, competency based assessment, launching HRIS for recruitment, leadership development and other HRD related learning solutions. Previous experience in career counselling, vocational rehabilitation, various development/research projects, e.g. related to wellbeing or creating a quality system. Worked in multinational corporations, adult education, social psychiatric organisation and public sector.

Education: Master of Science in Psychology (University of Tampere, Finland)

Languages: Finnish, English; intermediate Spanish, German, Swedish and French

Location: Finland

Experience: Extensive experience in developing people and business. Specialist in leadership development, leadership coaching and training. Mentorship programme designer and senior mentor. Experienced in competency development, trainee programmes, HR development, organisational restructuring, lay off process execution, HRDD, A&M, management group work. Trains coaches and HR/HRD professionals. Held leadership positions in marketing, communications, business development and HR. Work experience includes the third sector, international FMCG corporations and the biggest Nordic family owned media and marketing agency group.

Education: Master of Arts (Helsinki University, Finland), Bachelor of Business Administration (Haaga University of Applied Sciences), Certified Business Coach, Executive Leadership Coach, MBTI Certified trainer, Global Leadership Profile Practitioner, Certified Board Member.

Languages: Finnish, English, Russian and Swedish.

Location: Finland

Experience: Experienced coach and HR-professional (HRM, HRD, recruiting in various positions). Skilled in team motivation, career coaching and team and leadership development. Long history in insurance business.

Education: Master of Administrative Sciences (University of Tampere, Finland), Solution Focused Coach, Teacher’s Pedagogical studies and RMP-Master.

Languages: Finnish, English, Swedish, basic German and Russian

Location: Finland

Experience: lecturer, solution focused work counselling (especially in crisis- and leader management) and Speech and Language Therapist. Main interests as working on Pleinert & Partner are communication and interaction problems in companies and problem solving, also HRD and HR analytics.

Education: PhD in Child Psychiatry from the University of Oulu, Masters in Logopedics (Speech and Language Therapist) and Educational Psychology from the University of Oulu and Teacher Education in Oulu University of Applied Sciences and Chef studies in OPAO.

Languages: Finnish, English, Swedish, basic German.

Location: Finland

Experience: Partner at Swiss Trust Advisors AG; Previously Head Quantitative Solutions at Credit Suisse / Clariden Leu, Global Investment Solutions. Extensive experience in traditional and alternative financial markets across the globe.

Education: PhD in Statistics and Financial Engineering from the University of Washington

Languages: German and English, conversational French and Spanish.

Location: Switzerland

Experience: Senior Consultant for Digital Business, Founder of Klassik Portal Schweiz and Digital Lecturer. Customer passionate, highly engaged digital expert and results-driven professional with extensive knowledge in business development and management disciplines based on international certified standards, education and work experience in eight countries, Central Europe and Asia-Pacific. Expert for digital transformation and state-of-the-art technologies.

Education: Master of Economics from Université de Neuchâtel. Certified in ITIL, Togaf, Cobit, Prince2, Axure rapid prototyping and Carnegie.

Languages: English, German, French, Mandarin, Shanghainese, Turkish.

Location: Switzerland

Experience: Executive in real estate and founder of Alexander-Experte Zurich, specialised in practical health education and health at the workplace. Executives and office workers seek out Daniel Harbach to improve their presentation skills, awareness and posture. Professional musicians and elite sports men and women come to improve their performance while reducing the risk of injury. Previous experience as a Consultant at McKinsey & Co., in UBS Training & Education and as a Freelance Consultant.

Education: Master in Management from the HEC Lausanne, Certified Teacher of the F.M. Alexander Technique.

Languages: German, English, French and Italian.

Location: Switzerland

Experience: Executive in Post Merger Integration Management, previous professional and entrepreneurial experience as the Managing Director of a Management Consulting boutique in Switzerland with a focus on business development, strategy, business modeling, restructuring, process reengineering, M&A, Due Diligence and pricing in various industries (Oil/Gas, Metal Industry, Automotive suppliers) and services providing companies, and prior experience in controlling and project management in industries and banking.

Education: Studies in Mining Engineering and Business Administration at RWTH-Aachen.

Languages: German, English.

Location: Switzerland