With more than 120 company members, Advance has continued to grow despite the pandemic. This clearly indicates that business wants to become more female. The call for more women in management positions, executive and non-executive boards is getting louder. This is highly relevant, as the complex challenges of our time require innovative solutions that can be achieved better by mixed teams. Our new Non-Executive Board is even more diverse as two men have joined the Board.

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business wants to become more female

The shift towards a more gender-balanced business and society is in full swing. The reverberations of the pandemic may cause some setbacks, but we expect that substantial progress will be achieved in the upcoming years. With the ‘soft quota’ for women at the management level and in boards, and the new law stipulating equal pay analysis, the pressure on companies is increasing. At Advance, this development is reflected by growing membership numbers. Alongside growing in size, we are growing our organizational maturity. This includes a continuous evolution of our offering, structures and governance.

Men benefit just as much from a gender-equal society as women do. To achieve this, including the perspective of open-minded male leaders is essential.

Alkistis Petropaki, General Manager Advance

Growing in size and maturity

Eight years after being founded by 10 ground-breaking companies, Advance keeps growing and is representing the who-is-who of Swiss business. About half a million employees now work at companies in the Advance network. ‘We want to do justice to this size and the associated potential by strengthening the diversity of the Board in a strategic step,’ says Petra Jantzer, President of Advance.

The eight elected new Board members are all top managers from powerful Swiss companies in different industries and have impressive track records. Two are men. ‘Men benefit just as much from a gender-equal society as women do. To achieve this, including the perspective of open-minded male leaders is essential, emphasizes Alkistis Petropaki, General Manager of Advance. Egon Zehnder and Russel Reynolds offered Advance assistance with professional evaluation free of charge. We thank them very much for this!
 

We want to do justice to this size and the associated potential by strengthening the diversity of the Board in a strategic step.

Petra Jantzer, President of Advance

advance non-executive board as of may 31, 2021

We are delighted to introduce our new Board to you. They have taken office and will kick off the current 2-year term with a strategy day in June.

Petra Jantzer, President
Senior Managing Director and Executive Management Team member at Accenture

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Andreas Berger
CEO Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Group Executive Committee member of Swiss Re Group

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Anke Bridge Haux
Head Digital Banking and Executive Board member of Credit Suisse Switzerland

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Nicole Burth Tschudi
CEO Communication Services and Executive Management team member at Swiss Post

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Robert Itschner
Country Managing Director ABB Schweiz

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Sarah Kreienbühl
Head of Department for Human Resources Management, Communication, Culture, Leisure and member of the general management at Migros Genossenschaftsbund

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Marion Leslie
Head Financial Information and Executive Board Member at SIX

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Florence Schnydrig Moser
Head Private Banking and Member of the Executive Board at Zürcher Kantonalbank

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a big thank you to the departing board members for their achievements

With the new term, Advance will be saying goodbye to four Board members: Dr. Ulrike Thull, Business Unit Director MSD, Dr Katharina Gasser, Managing Director Biogen Switzerland, Marc Secretan, Partner PwC and Anna Mattsson, Partner McKinsey & Company. They have made a significant contribution to the future of Advance and successfully led the organization through the critical phase of the pandemic with commitment, courage and strategic vision.

Ulrike, Katharina, Marc and Anna, we thank you wholeheartedly for your invaluable engagement and count on your staying strongly connected with us in the future. For it takes all of us to move the needle. – Together, we #advance faster!