Dominique Faesch – President of Swiss chamber of Women Administrators. After a brilliant career in tourism, dedicated the second part of her career to promoting diversity in administration boards

At least 7 lives … and more to come ! With her energy Dominique Faesch has always had the drive to make a difference. She easily adapts to various situations. She started her career in the tourism industry and then in hospitality mainly in Asia, South America, Canada, USA, France and Morocco. With a degree…

Marie-Agnès Gillot, Prima Ballerina, Danseuse Etoile at the Opéra de Paris.

Marie-Agnès Gillot started dancing at the age of five. At the age of nine, she passed the entrance examination of the School of Dance at the Opéra National de Paris and left Caen to live in Paris. Shortly after, she is diagnosed with a double scoliosis that will leave her with a deformity of the…

Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo, Director of research and development of the clinics Buchinger Wilhelmi Überlingen and Marbella

Dr. Françoise Wilhelmi de Toledo is the director of research and development of the clinics Buchinger Wilhelmi Überlingen and Marbella, the world largest institution specialized in therapeutic fasting and integrative medicine since 1953. After her medical studies in Geneva and PhD in Basel she entered the 3rd generation of the directory board of her in…

Marie-France Tschudin – CEO of AAA, ex Head of European Region at Novartis Pharma, an active promoter of women empowerment in high-level positions

Marie-France Tschudin was appointed President of Advanced Accelerator Applications (AAA), a Novartis company, in 2019 and is a member of the Novartis Oncology Leadership team. She has more than 25 years of broad, multi-national experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to joining AAA, Marie-France was the Head of Region Europe for Novartis Pharmaceuticals, where she…

Celine van Till – Athlete, Paralympic Games Team Leader in horse dressage, runner, founder of the movement “Everything is Possible” Athlète paraolympique, Fondatrice et Présidente de l’association Tout Est Possible

Celine van Till, elite sportswoman and speaker Performing at the highest level, Celine has converted from horse riding to athletics in 2018, from the Paralympic Games in Rio 2016 to a new and surprising goal: to participate in the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo in the 100m sprint. Fascinated by the challenges, she recovered from…

Bettina Borish, MD and a Histopathologist, Executive officer of the World Federation of Public Health, University of Geneva, about “Challenges facing the extension of life expectancy: how to reinvent oneself professionally?”

Professor Bettina Borisch (Switzerland) Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva Director of the Secretariat of the World Federation of Public Health Associations Dr Borisch is an MD and a Histopathologist, MPH and Fellow of the Royal College of Pathology (UK). Her scientific research work delves into neoplastic lesions of the immune system…

Nane Annan – Lawyer, painter, philanthropist, Founder and President of Burkina’s Women Education Fund

Painter, lawyer, on the board of Kofi Annan Foundation, honorary chair Geneva chapter of Burkina Faso Women’s Education Fund, this was not what Mrs. Annan had expected as she started her career as an associate judge in Sweden, but what she had to face as her life took unexpected turns. In today’s world, we will all, at…

Sandrine Salerno – Maire de Genève

Mrs Sandrine Salerno is Mayor of the City of Geneva. Besides being the Head of the Department of Finance and Housing, she is also in charge of the City of Geneva’s policies regarding sustainable development, diversity, equality and economic development. In addition, Mrs Salerno is responsible for the Human Resources and Procurement policies, and she represents the City’s government within the diplomatic and international circles in Geneva.

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