Karin has many years of management experience as CEO and currently holds various positions on various boards of directors, such as the gastronomy company SV Group. She is also the president of the Zurich Chamber of Commerce, a member of Economiesuisse and is involved in various associations and organizations. Karin is committed to concrete actions regarding sustainability and social responsibility in Swiss entrepreneurship, e.g. through B-Lab-Switzerland or as an investor.
Respectfulness, curiosity and responsibility have always been the guidelines in all the ventures in Karin's career. Be it a student, teacher, researcher, family woman, entrepreneur, however particularly as an experienced leader and CEO, as well as Member or President of different boards either associations or SME companies, i.e. Lenzlinger Söhne AG, SV Group or the Chamber of Commerce of Zurich and Economiesuisse. Having also had the chance to gain experience in different countries she now intends to help foster actions of sustainability and social responsibility in swiss entrepreneurship, also as an investor.

Event Language: GER

Annalise Eggimann, CEO of Innosuisse — the Swiss Agency for Innovation Promotion — was born in 1960 in Eriswil near Bern. She was admitted to the bar at the University of Bern in 1987 and completed an Executive MBA at the University of Zurich in 2003. After a few years working for companies as a legal assistant, she took on senior positions at the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) and the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) before becoming CEO of the Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI), the predecessor organisation of Innosuisse, in 2015. Annalise Eggimann is married and likes to spend her free time reading, hiking and travelling.

Marc Gläser is an expert when it comes to international marketing of high-quality Swiss products. Since 2014, he has been managing Stöckli, Switzerland's largest ski manufacturer. As the first CEO who is not a member of the Stöckli family, Marc modernized the company and greatly expanded sales in Switzerland and abroad.
Before this, Marc worked for the Swiss watch manufacturer Maurice Lacroix for 12 years, where he was promoted to CEO in 2012. It was up to Marc and his team to reposition the brand, bring the management closer to the market and customers and increase profitability. Other career highlights included his own Swiss family business Wogg, known for high-quality design furniture, as well as Feldschlösschen and the consumer goods group Unilever. Marc is married, father of two children and acquired his skills at the HSG.

Event Language: GER

Monika has been a managing partner of the Manufaktur de Sede AG since 2014. Born in Aargau, she began her career with an educational training as an haute couture dressmaker, followed by a Master of Science in Rhetoric and Technical Communication, an Executive Master in Management Communication and Leadership, an Executive Master in Telecommunications and Change Management, and an Executive MBA in Leadership and Ethics.
She started her first position as a managing director and owner in 1994 at Cassiopeia Trend AG. From 2000 to 2004 she worked as Chief Communication Officer at the newly founded telecommunications company diAx and, after its sale, at TDC Switzerland AG/sunrise. From 2005 to 2009, she was CCO and HR manager and deputy managing director at ETRANS AG and founded swissgrid AG, in which the assets of ETRANS AG were merged. During this time she was elected UCTE (umbrella organisation of all operators of high-voltage grids in Europe in Brussels) responsible for communication and political issues.
Based on these projects she founded the WAEGA-Group AG in Zurich in 2009 with two partners. She still handles the mandates of Sanitas Krankenversicherungs AG, Orior AG and Zurich Zoo within this company. From 2009 to 2014 Monika was CEO of the Swiss bag and accessories manufacturer FREITAG lab ag. Since 2016 she has been CEO and delegate of the board of directors of de Ligno AG.

Event Language: GER

Marc-Remo is the Managing Director of Kündig Nahrungsmittel GmbH & Co KG since 2015 and responsible for the Marketing and Communication division of the Kündig Group since 2016. Previously, the graduate marketing and SME management expert (SAWI/HSG) worked in quality leading companies in the dental and automotive industries, where he was able to further develop his passion for brand management in four languages as a product manager.

Event Language: GER