Andrea is part of Accenture Operations, focusing on our Buying, Procurement and Contract Lifecycle Service Offerings in Austria, Switzerland and Germany.

With 7+ years of consulting experience, she specializes in transforming organizations through managed services and outsourcing delivery models that foster innovation and help our clients by improving productivity, gaining insights or automating processes. In her role, she is managing and working with teams around the world to shape operating models, process designs and strategic decisions.

Aside of client work, she is passionate about Inclusion and Diversity and enjoys working with the various communities and ERGs to make Accenture a great place to work for everyone. As part of the Swiss I&D team, she is an Advance Ambassador but also looking after the Accenture FeMale Mentoring program in ASG as well as overall coordinator of external partnerships and alliances in the fast growing I&D space.

Outside of work, she enjoys time off in the mountains (skiing, hiking), at the lake or with culinary highlights and friends.

Christiane’s investment in Diversity started in the 80s with the programme “Des paroles aux actes”- “Taten statt Worte” – “Actions instead of words” – which aimed to increase the number of women in leading positions in Switzerland. In 1987 Christiane implemented a promotions program in a regional bank. The proof of this success is that still today this bank has more than 50% women in management positions.

Since 2000 Christiane has been actively promoting diversity in skyguide. Various initiatives are now supporting female promotions in this male-dominated environment. Dedicated training for women, talent management, coaching and mentoring are measures to increase the female quota. skyguide also works on recruitment issues, branding (gender neutral), family care and managerial training.

For the coming year, “inclusion” will be the focus with the aim to have all skyguide employees valued for who they are and for what they contribute.

Having started her career as a traditional HR specialist, Christiane further developed within Training and dedicated her career to design, develop, implement and manage managerial and soft skills training programs for skyguide. Christiane became an accredited coach, using her skills not only within the managerial training but within Diversity & Inclusion work. Christiane is also very active in HR training at a vocational school in Geneva which delivers the Federal HR Certificate and Diploma.

Born in Germany, brought up in Geneva and having spent part of her life abroad (Morocco and India), her multi-culturalism supports her curiosity for other countries and cultures. Christiane enjoys travelling worldwide – hopefully this will be possible again soon. Last but not least, empowering women is in her DNA and she is very active in an international women’s club for the promotion of scholarships for women in Switzerland.