4th Board Day 2015:
Developing Successful Strategies
Thursday, 22 October 2015, Berne
Board Day 2015 will focus on the development
and implementation of successful strategies.
The core responsibility of the Board of Directors is to provide
leadership in the development and execution of a Strategic Plan.
BPW Switzerland wants to dedicate an entire day to the full
strategic planning process, starting with a round-table of experts
in the morning followed by practical workshops in the afternoon
addressing the key pillars of strategic building.
This unique, first-class program for members and future board
members is a great opportunity to meet senior board members
and experts in strategy!
This Board Day is dedicated to men and women who want to
play an active role in the field of a board of directors or simply
want to better understand the challenges of such assignments.
BPW Switzerland wants to see an increase in the number of
women in boardrooms and is advocating for minimum quotas for
female board members. But this is not enough: BPW Switzerland
is going one step further by offering special training courses for
board or future board members. The reason? The requirements
associated with a board of directors’ assignment are becoming
more and more complex; it needs professionalism, an in-depth
understanding of legal and regulatory conditions as well as the
liability involved. To prepare our interested members for this
demanding role, we hold an annual Board Day and offer specific
finance courses for board members.
Participants have the choice to book the full program (entire day)
or either the morning or the afternoon sessions individually, i.e.
there are three different booking possibilities.
Program
Morning session «Package I»
Afternoon session «Package II»
08:45 – 09:15 Registration and welcome coffee/croissants
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch break
09:15 – 09:30 Welcome address by Monika Welti, VP BPW
Switzerland, and Virginie Verdon (Carniel),
moderator.
09:30 – 10:00 Keynote by Dominique Freymond, founding
partner of Triple A Associés: The key success
factors of a board strategy
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 12:15 ROUND-TABLE: Successful board
strategies: What should you focus on?
Panellists:
Martin Naville, CEO Swiss-American
Chamber of Commerce
Wanda Eriksen, Independent Board Member
Adrienne Corboud Fumagalli,
Vice President for Innovation and
Technology Transfer at EPFL
Anne Bobillier, Managing Director
of Bechtle Suisse Romande
Moderator: Virginie Verdon (Carniel)
14:00 – 15:30 Workshops – Round 1
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30 Workshops – Round 2
17:30 – 19:00 Networking apéro
Description of the Workshops
Strategy Process by Dominique Freymond,
founding partner of Triple A Associés
Growth Strategy by Benedict Stalder, founding partner
of BST Management Consulting
Innovation Strategy by André Delafontaine, COO,
Partner&Investor at Go Beyond Investing
Strategy Building Using the Canvas Business Model
by Virginie Verdon, independent board member and Partner
at BST Management Consulting
Balanced Scorecard Strategy by Andrew Mountfield,
Managing Director Switzerland of Horvath&Partners
Management Consultants
12:15 – 12.30 End of «Package I» (morning session only)
as of 12:15
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of the afternoon session (Package II)
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Dominique Freymond
Founding partner
of Triple A Associés
Expert in Corporate Governance
Dominique Freymond is a strategist, bridge-builder and king’s
fool, active as an entrepreneur and independent director since
1997 (Swiss Post, Allianz, SOlvAxis, etc.) and consultant in corporate governance and strategy. After his studies to become an
exobiologist, he spent 25 years of his career in the area of technology (IBM, Unisys and Tata Consultancy Services). In between
he was the Secretary of the Government of the canton of Vaud
for 2½ years.
In 2003, he co-founded mas AG, a consulting company in Zurich
(www.mas-ltd.ch). Since 2010, he has taught best practices in
corporate governance within the académie des administrateurs
and the ateliers académiques pour administrateurs.
Martin M. Naville
CEO Swiss-American
Chamber of Commerce
and Board Member of Swissquote,
Expert in Risk Strategy
Before taking the helm of the Chamber on 1 October 2004, Martin
Naville spent 16 years with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
in Munich, Zurich and New York. In 1995, he was elected Partner
and Director of The Boston Consulting Group. At BCG, he specialized in the fields of Wealth Management and Telecommunications. Martin Naville started his professional career as a corporate
banker with JP Morgan in Zurich and New York in 1984.
Martin Naville holds a Master of Law from the University of
Zurich. He has been Chairman of the Board of the Zurich Zoo
since 2004. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of
Swissquote, the Swiss leader in online trading, member of the
Advisory Board of Stanhope Capital in London, and Chairman of
the Komitee Weltoffenes Zürich.
Wanda Eriksen
Independent Board Member,
sits on the boards of AXA Winterthur,
Meyer Burger Technology Ltd and
Arnold AG
Expert in Financial Strategy
Wanda Eriksen has over 25 years of experience in financial reporting and corporate governance. She joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in 1990 and became a partner in 1999. While at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ms Eriksen was the audit partner responsible
for companies in a range of industries, including insurance, real
estate, professional services and manufacturing. Since June
2011, Ms Eriksen has been self-employed focusing on a portfolio
of board of director mandates. She is a member of the boards of
AXA Winterthur, Meyer Burger, Arnold AG, and à ma chère AG.
Ms Eriksen received both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in
Accounting Science from the University of Illinois at Champaign-­
Urbana and is a U.S. Certified Public Accountant and a Swiss
Certified Accountant.
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Adrienne Corboud Fumagalli
Vice President for Innovation and
Technology Transfer at EPFL,
Board Member of Swiss Life AG,
of ComCom, and Chairwoman FIT
(Fondation pour l’lnnovation
Technologique)
Adrienne Courboud is responsible for the EPFL Innovation Park,
industrial partnerships, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Adrienne is a former Executive VP of Business Development for
the Kudelski Group (2000-2008) and Swisscom manager and VP
for Multimedia/Broadcasting (1996-2000), focusing on M&A and
business development in Telecoms and Media Technology.
Expert in Innovation Strategy
Anne Bobillier
Managing Director of
Bechtle Suisse Romande
and Board Member of Skyguide
Expert in Projects Strategy
Benedict Stalder
Founder of BST Management
Expert in International Consulting,
Sales Management and
Growth Strategy
Anne Bobillier is a company expert in strategic IT fields. After studying information technology at Geneva University, she joined the
IT sector in 1988 and has held several executive functions with a
number of well-known companies such as IBM and ASCOM. In
2014, she was appointed to the Skyguide board of directors. In
addition to her competences in strategy definition, organization
efficiency, risk management, talent recruiting and management,
she brings into executive boards a sound understanding and
experience of the IT and technological challenges companies are
facing today.
Benedict Stalder leads turnaround management projects for
mid-sized companies and acts as Sales Angel manager for startups and SMEs.
Benedict is a mechanical engineer with a track record as an early
serial entrepreneur and as a corporate executive in international
top-senior sales positions. As a management consultant he has
served clients in automotive and electronics manufacturing, nuclear power generation, water sanitation and medical technology.
Benedict brings a high-energy package of creativity, strategic and
operational experience to lead troubled or stalled companies out
of challenging situations. He advises and works hands-on with
senior management teams, boards of directors, entrepreneurs,
investors and creditors.
André Delanfontaine
André Delafontaine is a partner and
investor at Go Beyond Investing,
Expert in Corporate Venturing
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André Delafontaine is a partner and investor at Go Beyond Investing, a smart-funding platform for Angel Investors in startups.
André is a C-level executive with 20 years’ experience in entrepreneurship, strategy, sales, people, product and project management in high-tech and fintech companies. Within Go Beyond
Investing, André co-founded a Social and Environmental Impact
Investing group. Prior to joining Go Beyond Investing, André held
managerial and technical roles in medium sized and multinational
companies internally and on assignment for Landis & Gyr, the
European Space Agency, Energie Ouest Suisse, Kudelski Group
& Echostar Corporation.
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Virginie Verdon (Carniel)
Independent board member and
Partner at BST Management
Consulting
Expert in corporate strategy
and turnaround management
Andrew Mountfield
Managing Director Switzerland
of Horváth &Partners Management
Consultants
Expert in Risk Management
Virginie Verdon (Carniel) has a strong background in energy, clean-­
tech, telecommunication and IT sectors. Often called in during
transition periods, she helps companies in their fast growing
and restructuring phases. She brings her hands-on expertise in
C-level management, finance, marketing & communication, and
international business development with her.
Fascinated by organizations in transition, she took part in two
IPOs, led a full privatization process and restructured various
SMEs as well as MNC departments in multicultural environments.
She is chairperson of the board of a government-owned company and serves on the board of directors of several SMEs and
start-up companies.
Andrew Mountfield studied economics and business administration in the UK, Germany and France on the European School of
Business program, at masters level at Bocconi University, Milan,
and subsequently performed postgraduate work at HEC Paris,
the University of Oxford and in the Ashridge Business School
action research program. He is a member of the international advisory board of the University of Maastricht Faculty of Economics
and Business.
After seven years in the pharmaceutical industry, he moved to
PwC Consulting as a consultant, where he was made Partner in
1996. He has been Managing Partner of Horváth & Partners in
Switzerland since 2004. He has lectured at Strathclyde Graduate
Business School, Scotland, and for the past ten years at ETH
Zurich. He is the author of numerous publications on strategy and
performance management, and is a frequent conference speaker
and seminar facilitator.
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4th Board Day 2015
Location
Conference Center of the Union Postale Universelle
(Weltpostverein) in Berne
www.upu.int/en/more/access-plan.html
Conference language
English
Registration packages
Fee for members
Package I
Morning session – including welcome coffee and 1 coffee break
Fee for non-members
CHF140
CHF190
CHF330
CHF450
CHF430
CHF600
Package II
Afternoon workshops – including lunch, 1 coffee break
and networking apéro
Package III
Full day – including morning session and afternoon workshop,
lunch, all coffee breaks and networking apéro
Registration
Register online at www.bpw.ch
Important: Selection of and registration for Workshops
The five workshops take place simultaneously and in two
consecutive sessions. Therefore, each participant may choose
two workshops in which she would like to participate. Seats are
limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
Therefore, please make your choice when registering for the
Board Day and specify more than two choices in case your first
priorities are already booked.
Registration is binding!
A fee of CHF 30 will be charged for cancellations up to
13 October 2015.
For cancellations from 14 October 2015 onwards (or should
you fail to attend without a formal cancellation), the entire
participation fee is due.
BPW Switzerland
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8003 Zurich
Phone: 044 948 23 20
E-mail: [email protected]
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