Advancing Careers, Amplifying Voices: A Digital Event for Change-Makers

Our first exclusive supporters' online event celebrates our members and highlights the advantages of supporting us. This special webinar is our way of expressing gratitude for the unwavering support of our community throughout the year. 

In our insightful panel discussion we focus on change and innovation in career moves, teamwork, and the workplace, covering subtopics such as advancing careers, embracing digital innovation, work-life balance and emerging digital trends. In a fireside chat, our WDS President Dr. Andrea Rubik poses questions to the panelists, followed by a participant Q&A.

Following the panel discussion, we would like to invite our supporters to our exclusive online networking and feedback session. This is an excellent opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals across Switzerland, share experiences, and forge valuable relationships within our growing community. The insights and support of our members are invaluable in helping us enhance our programmes and services.

About Dr. Andrea Rubik

Dr. Andrea Rubik, Tech Marketing Leader, harnesses the power of innovation to navigate the intricate crossroads of marketing, strategy, and technology. With a vibrant international career, she is not only the guiding force behind digital growth in SaaS and tech industries but also a beacon for women in tech as the president of Women in Digital Switzerland. As an awarded marketer, she leads marketing endeavors at yeekatee and builds careerOS at Resyfy. Holding a PhD in Business Economics, Rubik is an exemplar of global leadership and strategic acumen, making waves from Zurich across the world.

About Elena Frisa

Elena Frisa is a marketing and communication expert with 15+ years of experience in the cosmetic market. She started her career in Italy in a leading Italian make up company and than joined L'Oréal where she managed different brands in Italy and Switzerland and had the chance to live and lead the digital transformation in the way of working and communicating in the cosmetic market. Today she is responsible for corporate communication and public affairs of the L’Oréal Groupe in Switzerland.

About Dr. Claire Brizzi

Dr. Claire Brizzi brings her expertise in the fields of services, education, retail and consumer goods. Responsible for executive searches, she also manages board-related mandates. Claire can rely upon 10 years of experience in executive search in Switzerland and Europe. Prior to joining Ganci Partners, Claire worked in an international recruitment firm, helping to open their Geneva office and develop their Consumer Goods & Retail department. In addition to her expertise in research, Claire can also count on 15 years of professional experience in marketing positions at Nokia, LVMH and Richemont. Passionate and entrepreneurial, she also founded and developed a retail business and worked in a start-up. European at heart, she has lived and worked in Italy, France and Switzerland, where she has resided for the past 10 years. She is fluent in French, Italian and English and has a good understanding of German. Claire holds a Master in Management from Essec and a PhD in Organization Theory from Paris Dauphine.

About Ketaki Sood

As an HR leader, she helps organizations intertwine and make sense of the VUCA and linear worlds. Having been brought up and worked 5 years in India, and now 10 years in Switzerland for international companies, she believes she has the knowledge and experience to simplify the complex, challenge routine thinking, and connect these diverse worlds and enable collaboration with those different mindsets. It is these contrasting experiences that define the reason for her passion for Digital and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, all of which help bring the broad and diverse pieces together. At WDS she is leading the Community & Membership team.

WDS is a community of modern leaders who leverage collaboration and elevate diversity to advance careers and create business opportunities in the Swiss digital economy. By leveraging the power of our community, Women in Digital Switzerland (WDS) advances careers, supports organizational transformation leaps, and creates business opportunities in the Swiss digital economy and beyond. Be part of the change. Become a member and join this exclusive event.