Jessica Peppel-Schulz
CEO,
Tamedia
Peppel-Schulz is the CEO of Tamedia, one of Switzerland’s largest media groups. Appointed in late 2023, she is leading a major transformation to improve efficiency, embrace digital innovation, and restore profitability. Previously CEO of Condé Nast Germany, she brings deep experience in digital media transformation.
Naomi Lareine
Singer
Naomi Lareine is a Swiss R&B artist known for her soulful voice and genre-blending sound. She rose to prominence with the hit song “Limitless,” combining pop, soul, and Afro influences. A former U19 national football player, Lareine transitioned from banking to music full-time, now performing at major festivals and working with brands like Magnum. Her 2024 EP Where Were You?! explores personal themes like anxiety and heartbreak.
Cindy Candrian
Co-Founder & CEO
Delta Labs
Cindy Candrian is the co-founder of Delta Labs, a Swiss AI company working with clients from SMEs to Fortune 500 firms. Delta Labs builds AI-powered digital personas that help companies predict behaviors, personalize communication, and innovate faster. Candrian is also the author of You & AI.
Florim Cuculi
Head of Cardiology,
Luzerner Kantonsspital
Born in North Macedonia and raised in Switzerland, Florim Cuculi studied medicine at the University of Basel and trained in Internal Medicine and Cardiology in Lucerne, Berne, and Oxford. Returning to Switzerland in 2012, he became an interventional cardiologist at Luzerner Kantonsspital, where he was appointed Head of Department of Cardiology in 2023. In 2019 he co-founded Cardio Center Luzern, combining outpatient care with invasive procedures at the hospital’s Heart Center. Fluent in five languages, he is dedicated to advancing heart care through teamwork, precision, and patient-centered service.
Sabrina Badir
Co-Founder & CEO,
Pregnolia
Sabrina Badir, PhD, is the CEO and founder of Pregnolia AG, a Swiss MedTech spin-off from ETH Zurich. Building on her doctoral research in biomechanics, she developed the first CE-marked device to objectively measure cervical stiffness — a novel biomarker for pregnancy care. With Pregnolia, she is pioneering innovation in obstetrics to improve the prediction of preterm birth and the management of induction of labor. Her entrepreneurial journey has been recognized with the Falling Walls Innovator Award, the W.A. de Vigier Prize, and EU Horizon 2020 support.
Diana Markaki-Bartholdi
Founder & CEO,
the Boardroom
Diana Markaki Bartholdi is the founder and CEO of the Boardroom, the first private club for women executives who aspire to be board members. She is currently expanding her organization across Europe, with the clear mission to improve corporate governance by increasing the number of qualified women on corporate boards. Markarki Bartholdi is an international lawyer by training and has worked across cultures and with multi-functional teams.
Claire Dieudonne
Country Coordinator Switzerland,
L’Oréal
Claire Dieudonné, a French-Swiss national, joined L'Oréal in 2012. A graduate of ESCP, she gained prior experience in the beauty industry at Schwarzkopf & Henkel in France, and then at Bulgari Parfums. At L'Oréal, she developed diverse expertise within the Consumer Products Division, first in marketing and then in Business Development, working on key brands and categories. In May 2023, she was appointed General Manager of the Consumer Products Division for Switzerland. Since November 2024, she has also served as Country Coordinator for L'Oréal Switzerland and is a member of the DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) cluster's Leadership Team.
Samantha Anderson
CEO,
Depoly
Samantha Anderson is an organic and material chemist by training with over 10 years of experience and a Ph.D. from EPFL. Over the course of her career she has had experience in business development, patenting, and scaling chemical processes. As the CEO of Depoly, a Swiss cleantech company committed to tackling the plastic waste problem she has successfully raised over 15M USD in international awards and grant money for the company. Anderson is an English native speaker with a working knowledge of French.
Chiara Gorelli
Head of Product Strategy bei Automobili,
Lamborghini
Chiara Gorelli graduates in Management and Industrial Engineering from the University of Pisa, after completing foreign studies at the University of Illinois and a thesis in Logistics at DERBI National Motors (Piaggio) in Spain. She joins Automobili Lamborghini in 2007, starting in Marketing & Sales Department, progressing then to the role of Series & Pre-Series Logistics Project Leader. She later becomes Manufacturing Project Leader. In 2014, she is appointed Project Manager Whole Vehicle, successfully leading Lamborghini key projects such as Huracán and Temerario. Since 2024, she holds the position of Head of Product Strategy at Lamborghini, where she is responsible for shaping the company’s future product range; her role encompasses Product and Portfolio Strategy, Components Strategy and Cycle Plan, and CO₂ Strategy.
Dr. Daniela Marino
Co-Founder & CEO,
CUTISS AG
Dr Daniela Marino is the Co-Founder and CEO of CUTISS. During her PhD in Sciences from ETHZ, she focused her research on vascular biology and stem cells. She then joined a research group at UZH as post doc and before starting CUTISS, she was the co-leader and business developer for the project denovoSkin™ at the Wyss Zurich. She co-founded CUTISS, where denovoSkin™ is being developed towards commercialization. Worldwide, millions of people suffer from skin defects requiring surgical interventions to restore skin function. Current standard of care to treat large, deep skin defects is often not available in sufficient quantities, and it frequently leaves these patients with permanent, painful, disfiguring, and debilitating scars. denovoSkin™ is a personalized human skin graft that can be bio-engineered in large quantities. It promises to grow with the patient, limit scarring, and drastically reduce the number of follow up corrective surgeries required, particularly in children. It is currently in Phase 2 clinical trials and could be of great benefit for patients with burns, traumas, that undergo reconstructive or plastic procedures. CUTISS won the Top 100 Swiss Start-up Award and has raised more than CHF 65 million from private investors, family offices and public bodies.
Christine Hohl
Partner,
Wenger Plattner
Christine Hohl is a partner and head of the financing practice at Wenger Plattner (as of 1 October 2025). Following her undergraduate and postgraduate studies in England, France and Switzerland, she started her legal career in London in 2009 before relocating to Switzerland in 2014. In addition to supporting her clients, ranging from banks and other financing providers to sponsors and large corporates across all sectors and jurisdictions, in complex international financing transactions as well as restructurings, M&A and capital markets transactions, Christine has been heavily invested in recruitment & training, business development, corporate social responsibility and technology & innovation in her respective law firms.
Dalith Steiger‑Gablinger
Founder,
Swiss Cognitive
Dalith Steiger‑Gablinger is the founder of Swiss Cognitive, a platform that fosters the exchange and application of artificial intelligence in business and society. With a background in mathematics and business, Steiger-Gablinger is recognized as one of Switzerland’s leading thought leaders in AI and digital transformation.
Jill Asemota
Founder & CEO,
Parallel Pictures
Jill Asemota is the founder of AI startup Parallel AI, which develops personalized artificial intelligence solutions for businesses. She combines technological expertise with a vision for ethical and inclusive AI applications.
Yana Töngi
Partner,
EY
Yana Töngi is a Partner at EY leading Financial services Assurance Innovation for the entire Europe region. She is a pioneer who makes EY’s global vision become reality by transforming professional services empowering a new mindset for her teams to integrate AI and data analytics at the core of their work products. She is involved in a wide range of audits and finance transformation projects at a global scale within the financial industry.
Patricia Delarive
CEO & Co-Founder,
Matignon Clinic
Born and educated in Switzerland, Patricia Delarive spent 10 years working in the University Hospital of Lausanne, first as an intern, then as a chief resident in the Dermatology Department. She opened a private practice as a dermatologist while being in charge of the aesthetic medicine in Clinic La Prairie in Montreux. In 2007, Delarive founded the Clinique Matignon's first spot in Lausanne, a platform dedicated to aesthetic non-invasive medicine. The company consists of 150 employees and 15 clinics throughout Switzerland. Delarive also launched her own cosmetic brand in 2022 and founded SAMBA, the first online education college for doctors who want to learn about aesthetic medicine. She completed an MBA in Paris in 2015 and remains active in the Swiss Economic Network and in various board positions.