Executive Life
Wednesdays at 9:30 am (repeats 9 am Saturdays)
Pete Forster with François Clerc invite Swiss-based executives to be our tour guides into the upper echelons of corporate Switzerland and beyond.
Executive Life podcast feed
Executive Life: Linking fast food chains across culturesTuesday, 31 August, 2010Pete Forster and François Clerc talk to HR executive Cristophe Degiganon for Yum Restaurants International in Europe about preserving the Pizza Hut or KFC ambiance in different countries.
Executive Life: Olivier Kunz, Ferring PharmaceuticalsTuesday, 29 June, 2010Olivier Kunz, head of Corporate HR at Ferring Pharmaceuticals. Ferring is a major player in the field of peptide use in medicine. It has offices in 47 countries and some 3,800 employees globally. WRS’s Pete Forster spoke to him about the challenges of competing for talent.
Executive Life: Chris McSorley, Geneva Servette Ice HockeyTuesday, 22 June, 2010Pete Forster and François Clerc talk the business of sport with Chris McSorley, coach and manager of the Geneva Servette Ice Hockey club. When he joined them in the 2000 season they were a B league team. This year they almost won the A league. McSorely explains why discipline and team playing are the key qualities he looks for when building a successful team.
Executive Life: Dr. Hamadoun Touré, ITUTuesday, 15 June, 2010Dr. Hamadoun Touré, Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union, talks to Pete Forster and François Clerc about growing up in the deserts of Mali, being educated in the Soviet Union and traces his path from a successful private sector career to heading up a major international institution.
Executive Life: Jose Lorente, Owens IllinoisTuesday, 8 June, 2010Jose Lorente is the European head of O-I. Each year they produce 30 million tons of glass containers in 78 factories spread over 22 countries. He is responsible for some 8,000 employees and told WRS’s Pete Forster and François Clerc about the delicacy of dealing with the internal culture of a huge international organization:
Executive Life: Jean-Frédéric Dufour, ZenithWednesday, 26 May, 2010Zenith CEO Jean-Frédéric Dufour explains why his first job in Hong Kong changed the way he thinks about what is possible in business and reveals that his career in the watch industry started at a dinner party:
Executive Life: Raanan Zilberman, Edens SpringsWednesday, 19 May, 2010WRS’s Pete Forster and François Clerc speak with Raanan Zilberman, CEO of Edens Springs, Europe’s leading bottled water provider:
Executive Life: Pedro Simko, Saatchi & SaatchiWednesday, 12 May, 2010WRS’s Pete Forster and François Clerc speak with Pedro Simko, Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi Switzerland about how his name got attached to the infamous ad agency:
Executive Life: Giovanni Bisignani, IATAMonday, 12 April, 2010WRS’s Pete Forster and François Clerc speak with IATA CEO Giovanni Bisignani about a career as an international executive that’s had him rubbing shoulders with a veritable who’s who of the business world—and the qualities it takes to be a “change agent” in an organisation like IATA.
Executive Life: Rob Steel, International Standards OrganisationMonday, 29 March, 2010You name it, the ISO has had a hand in it, be it the MP3 in your sound system to the credit card you used to buy it. WRS’s Pete Forster and François Clerc go inside with CEO Rob Steel: