Forum 2023

Executive board members, board members, diversity & inclusion managers and D&I teams are offered a productive, practical exchange, best practices are highlighted and enable the participating companies to exploit synergies and scale ideas.

Swiss Diversity Forum 2024: TBD

Yvonne Apiyo Brändle-Amolo

Host, President Swiss Diversity

Michel Rudin

Host, Vice-President Swiss Diversity

Hans-Peter Nehmer

Host, Head of Corporate Communications & Responsibility Allianz

Prof. Dr. Gudrun Sander

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Silja Blattmann

Senior Business Analyst, Allianz Founder of the Allianz Beyond Switzerland community

Silja Blattmann is a Senior Business Analyst and mother of two children. When her son was diagnosed with early childhood autism five years ago, it had a huge impact on her entire life - both personally and professionally. Through her experience as a care taker, she knows the grievances and challenges that people with disabilities and their families face on a daily basis and how challenging it is to stay in the workforce. Based on this, she founded the Community Alliance Beyond in 2021, which is committed to the inclusion of people with disabilities in the workplace, promoting dialog and breaking down fears of contact.
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Elke Thamm

Elke Thamm is Global Head of Personnel Development at Bühler, a Swiss family-owned company focused on developing sustainable innovation in engineering and technology. During her professional career, she has held various operational and strategic HR positions in different industries, most recently as Global Director of HR and Talent & Organizational Development at gategroup. Elke studied Business Administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, the University of St. Gallen and the University of Paris Dauphine. She holds a degree from WU Vienna, a CEMS Master in International Management and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a certified Mental Health & Wellbeing Coach.

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Stefan Mair

Ringier Equal Voice

Stefan Mair is head of department at Handelszeitung and host of the start-up podcast Up beat. As Head of Newsroom Coaching Equal Voice, he supports internal and external editorial teams in the implementation of Equal Voice, advises on journalistic issues relating to diversity and is active in networking for Equal Voice.

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Ana Piubel

After completing her banking training, Ana Piubel studied business law at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) and completed a Master of Advanced Studies in Human Resources at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland. The HR generalist gained experience as an HR Graduate Recruiter at UBS and worked as an HR Advisor at Ernst & Young in the Advisory division before joining Vontobel as a Senior HR Business Partner 11 years ago. After 8 years in the role of Senior HR Business Partner, she moved to the role of HR Business Manager and took over responsibility for Diversity & Inclusion at Vontobel.

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Claudio Berther

Legal and Data Protection Officer Yokoy Group AG

Claudio holds an MLaw UZH and an LL.M. University of California, Berkeley, is Vice President of the Association for Obstacle-Free Living Zurich and part of the Network Disability. Claudio sees diversity as an opportunity for everyone involved - sensitized by travel and personal experience.

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Michelle Mugnai

Brand Manager Switzerland MAC, Bobbi Brown and Smashbox

Michelle Mugnai began her career in Italy as Clinique National Training Manager and moved to Estée Lauder Companies in 1997 as Area Sales Manager Italy Spain, Portugal. After 10 years as MAC Brand Manager in Italy, she took over MAC Area Brand Management for Austria and Switzerland for 12 years and has been Brand Manager Switzerland MAC, Bobbi Brown and Smashbox for over a year now.

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Eugene Osei-Bonsu

Franchise Head - Neuroscience, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Zurich

Stefan Mair is head of department at Handelszeitung and host of the start-up podcast Up beat. As Head of Newsroom Coaching Equal Voice, he supports the internal and external editorial teams in the implementation of Equal Voice, advises on journalistic issues relating to diversity and is active in networking for Equal Voice.

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Julia Smith

Franchise Head - Neuroscience, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Zurich

Julia Smith is Regulatory Advertising and Promotion Review & Process Lead for the Global, Europe &Canada and Growth & Emerging Markets regions at Takeda Pharmaceuticals. She is a global leader with a 20+ year career in healthcare, risk management, medical information and communications, data and analytics, regulatory, compliance, quality and digital transformation. Julia leads a number of Takeda's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives and is a certified facilitator for inclusion practices aimed at increasing Takeda's reach in the community.

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