Equality Means Business

An initiative of Advance Women in Swiss Business and its member & partner organizations

Gender-Balanced Leadership is a Business Imperative.

"Gender parity is fundamental to whether and how economies and societies thrive. Ensuring the full development and appropriate deployment of half of the world's total talent pool has a vast bearing on the growth, competitiveness and future-readiness of economies and business." - World Economic Forum , Global Gender Gap Report 2017

Leading companies have recognized gender-balanced leadership as a buiness imperative. Over 60 CEOs and leaders have united with a pledge to foster equal opportunities and inclusion in the workplace. Because they believe that diversity is a cornerstone for higher innovation and productivity, for better performance and happier teams.

Find out who has committed this year on International Women's Day. Get inspired. Comment, share and like. Join the movement! #equalitymeansbusiness

Together #WeAdvance faster!

Kristine Braden President Advance

Alkistis Petropaki General Manager Advance

Statements

Alex Bristol

CEO
skyguide

Andreas Meyer

CEO
SBB

Axel P. Lehmann

President
UBS Switzerland

Dr. Barbara Frei

Zone President
Schneider Electric

Dr. iur. Barbara Schaerer

Direktorin
Eidgenössisches Personalamt

Beatrix Morath

Managing Director & Market Leader
Switzerland AlixPartners

Dr. Benedikt Hoffmann

General Manager
Alcon Switzerland and Austria

Bernd Brandl

Managing Director
SAP Switzerland

Christophe Cornu

CEO
Nestlé Switzerland

Christoph Loos

CEO
Hilti Group

Daniel Aghdami

Managing Partner
DART Talent & Executive Search

Felix Wenger

Managing Partner
McKinsey & Company Switzerland

Franco Morra

CEO
HSBC Private Bank (Suisse)

Fridtjof Helemann

Chief Human Resources Officer
Lonza

Gilles Marchand

Generaldirektor
SRG

Heinz Haller

Executive Vice President Dow Europe GmbH
President Europe, Middle East, Africa and India

Helena Trachsel

Leiterin der Fachstelle für Gleichstellung von Frau und Mann
Kanton Zürich

James C. Smith

President and CEO
Thomson Reuters

Jörg Zinsli

COO und Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung, Vorsitzender des Diversity & Inclusion Board
Allianz Suisse

Juan Beer

CEO
Zurich Insurance

Kristine Braden

Citi Country Officer CH / MCO / LI
President of Advance

Malvika Singh

Managing Director
Impact

Marcel Stalder

CEO
EY Switzerland

Matthias Leuenberger

Country Delegate
Novartis Switzerland

Michael Ruesch

Country Manager
Insurance XL Catlin

Dr. Natascha Schill

Managing Director
Biogen Switzerland AG

Nicole Burth

CEO
The Adecco Group Switzerland

Paolo Moscovici

General Manager
JPMorgan (Suisse)

Peter Hinder

CEO Deutsche Bank Switzerland
Head of Wealth Management EMEA

Rebecca Guntern

Head BACH & Country Head CH
Sandoz

Remo Lütolf

Country Managing Director
ABB Switzerland

Robert Oudmayer

CEO
Cembra Money Bank

Rute Fernandes

General Manager
Shire Switzerland

Siegfried Gerlach

CEO
Siemens Schweiz AG

Simon Owen

CEO Deloitte Switzerland

Simona Scarpaleggia

CEO IKEA Switzerland
Co-Chair UN Panel on Women‘s Economic Empowerment

Stefan Pfister

CEO
KPMG Switzerland

Stefan Scheiber

CEO
Bühler Group

Thomas Gottstein

CEO
Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG

Thomas Meyer

Senior Country Managing Director Switzerland
Accenture

Dr. iur. Ueli Sommer

Rechtsanwalt, Partner
Walder Wyss Attorneys at Law

Urs Honegger

CEO
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Switzerland

Urs Schaeppi

CEO
Swisscom AG

Werner Schiesser

CEO, Delegate to the board of Directors & Partner
BDO Switzerland

Esther-Mirjam de Boer

Geschäftsleiterin
GetDiversity GmbH

Guido Schilling

Managing Partner
guido schilling ag

Dr. iur. Jana Nevrlka

Strategist LL.M. MBA
Cofounding

Karina Storinggaard

Cofounder & CEO
Think Yellow

Michele Bernasconi

Leiter Distribution und Diversity Champion, Geschäftsleitungsmitglied
AXA

Dr. Michèle Ruoff

Senior Client Partner Executive Search
Korn Ferry

Monika Rühl

Vorsitzende der Geschäftsleitung
economiesuisse

Peter Teuscher

Founder & Managing Director
BSD Consulting

Simone Stebler

Consultant
Egon Zehnder Switzerland

Valentin Vogt

VR-Präsident Burckhardt Compression Holding AG
Präsident Schweizerischer Arbeitgeberverband

Valérie Vuillerat

Founder & Managing Partner
Hiversity

Dr. Anina Cristina Hille

Lecturer Lucerne University of Applied Sciences
Arts Leader of Women‘s Business

Prof. Dr. Gudrun Sander

Director Competence Centre for Diversity and Inclusion
CCDI University of St. Gallen

Prof. Dr. Harald Gall

Dean, Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics & Member of the EMBA Executive Committee
University of Zurich

Maggie Berry

Executive Director for Europe
WEConnect International

Magnus Hartog-Holm

Ambassador
Swedish Embassy in Bern

Prof. Dr. Michael O. Hengartner

President
University of Zurich

Prof. Dr. Winfried Ruigrok

Dean
Executive School University of St. Gallen

Alexandra Marcoin-Karacsonyi

Founder & President
PWN Geneva-Lausanne

Ana Paula Tediosi

President
PWG Zurich

Elisabeth Bosshart

Zentralpräsidentin
Business & Professional Women BPW

Janice Mueller

President
PWN Zug & Zurich

Janine Fuchs

Board Member
WE SHAPE TECH

Dr. Karin Jeker Weber

Founder & CEO
Female Business Seminars

Kristin Engvig

Founder & CEO WIN

LEAN IN Switzerland

Leadership Team
LEAN IN Switzerland

Patricia Widmer

Programme Head
Women Back to Business

Gabriela Mueller Mendoza

CEO / Coach International Speaker

Deborah Croft & Natalie Wilkins

Co-founders and Managing Partners
Thriving Talent

Press

Press release, 7 March 2018
"Over 60 Swiss CEOs send a clear signal"

Media contact for further information, interview requests and image material

Alexandra Rutsch
Communication Manager Advance
alexandra.rutsch@advancewomen.ch
Tel. 076 332 85 83