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Executive Life
Wednesdays at 6:35 pm (repeats 9 am Saturdays)
Pete Forster and François Clerc invite Swiss-based executives to offer insight into the upper echelons of corporate Switzerland and beyond. In the fast-paced business world, top managers frequently change jobs and you will find that some of our previously interviewed guests have moved on to new positions.
Executive Life: It all starts with inventions
Wednesday, 13 April, 2011Geneva is host to the 38th International Inventions Exhibition. WRS’s Pete Forster goes to look at some of the inventions on show, talk to their creators and hear about their plans for world domination. He also tracks down some of the exhibitors from previous years to discover how they have been faring, and speaks to the World Intellectual Property Organisation about the challenges of taking new ideas from “mind to market”:
Wednesday, 13 April, 2011Geneva is host to the 38th International Inventions Exhibition. WRS’s Pete Forster goes to look at some of the inventions on show, talk to their creators and hear about their plans for world domination. He also tracks down some of the exhibitors from previous years to discover how they have been faring, and speaks to the World Intellectual Property Organisation about the challenges of taking new ideas from “mind to market”:
Executive Life: Yves Ducommun, SwissINSO
Wednesday, 6 April, 2011Over a billion people do not have access to clean drinking water around the world. However, is there a middle ground between NGO and business? Can one serve the world’s need for clean water and make a profit for shareholders? WRS’s Pete Forster speaks to Swiss water purifying innovator, Yves Ducommun who believes it can be done. Ducommon is the CEO of SwissINSO, a Lausanne-based company making Krystall water purification and desalination units:
Wednesday, 6 April, 2011Over a billion people do not have access to clean drinking water around the world. However, is there a middle ground between NGO and business? Can one serve the world’s need for clean water and make a profit for shareholders? WRS’s Pete Forster speaks to Swiss water purifying innovator, Yves Ducommun who believes it can be done. Ducommon is the CEO of SwissINSO, a Lausanne-based company making Krystall water purification and desalination units:
Executive Life: Roland Dominicé, Symbiotics
Wednesday, 30 March, 2011WRS’s Pete Forster talks to Roland Dominicé, CEO and founder of the Geneva-based microfinance funding firm, Symbiotics. According to Dominicé, the microfinance industry is worth an estimated 50 billion dollars and touches the lives 150 million low income households across the developing world. Potentially the poorest two or even three billion people on the globe might one day be clients of microfinance, so in his view the scope for growth is immense. Dominicé talks about the sometimes difficult balance of helping the poor and making money at the same time, and in particular, business in Bangladesh and India:
Wednesday, 30 March, 2011WRS’s Pete Forster talks to Roland Dominicé, CEO and founder of the Geneva-based microfinance funding firm, Symbiotics. According to Dominicé, the microfinance industry is worth an estimated 50 billion dollars and touches the lives 150 million low income households across the developing world. Potentially the poorest two or even three billion people on the globe might one day be clients of microfinance, so in his view the scope for growth is immense. Dominicé talks about the sometimes difficult balance of helping the poor and making money at the same time, and in particular, business in Bangladesh and India:
Executive Life: Caroline Lang, Sotheby's
Wednesday, 23 March, 2011The fine art auctioneers at Sotheby’s are coming off an exceptionally good year. In 2010, both the Giacometti sculpture, which sold for $104.3 million, and the infamous $45.6 million pink diamond ended up breaking global records. WRS’s Pete Forster asks Caroline Lang, Director of Sotheby’s Geneva, about the high-drama world of art collecting and about her fascination with Asia:
Wednesday, 23 March, 2011The fine art auctioneers at Sotheby’s are coming off an exceptionally good year. In 2010, both the Giacometti sculpture, which sold for $104.3 million, and the infamous $45.6 million pink diamond ended up breaking global records. WRS’s Pete Forster asks Caroline Lang, Director of Sotheby’s Geneva, about the high-drama world of art collecting and about her fascination with Asia:
Executive Life: Monika Walser, Freitag
Wednesday, 2 March, 2011WRS’s Vincent Landon talks to Monika Walser, CEO of bag brand Freitag. The company’s bags are famous for what it is made out of: used truck tarpaulins, bicycle inner tubes and seatbelts. Freitag was set up in Zurich in 1993 by the brothers Markus and Daniel Freitag. Monika Walser, took over the post as permanent CEO June last year, having been interim CEO for about six months before that:
Wednesday, 2 March, 2011WRS’s Vincent Landon talks to Monika Walser, CEO of bag brand Freitag. The company’s bags are famous for what it is made out of: used truck tarpaulins, bicycle inner tubes and seatbelts. Freitag was set up in Zurich in 1993 by the brothers Markus and Daniel Freitag. Monika Walser, took over the post as permanent CEO June last year, having been interim CEO for about six months before that:
Executive Life: Why some companies grow and others don't
Wednesday, 19 January, 2011François Clerc talks to Gilbert Probst, an academic who is an expert on growing companies. When not directing the MBA program at the business school at the University of Geneva, he is Dean of Leadership at the World Economic Forum. On the show he explains how it is that in the same economic environment, with two firms in the same line of business, one can make billions and other lose them:
Wednesday, 19 January, 2011François Clerc talks to Gilbert Probst, an academic who is an expert on growing companies. When not directing the MBA program at the business school at the University of Geneva, he is Dean of Leadership at the World Economic Forum. On the show he explains how it is that in the same economic environment, with two firms in the same line of business, one can make billions and other lose them:
Executive Life: Verbier entrepreneur Marcus Bratter
Wednesday, 12 January, 2011This week our guest is entrepreneur Marcus Bratter, owner of some of the leading hotels and businesses in Verbier. WRS’s Pete Forster and François Clerc find out how he went from dishwasher to big fish, and why his one big regret is dropping out of hotel school:
Wednesday, 12 January, 2011This week our guest is entrepreneur Marcus Bratter, owner of some of the leading hotels and businesses in Verbier. WRS’s Pete Forster and François Clerc find out how he went from dishwasher to big fish, and why his one big regret is dropping out of hotel school:
Executive Life: Philippe de Korodi, Caran d'Ache
Tuesday, 4 January, 2011WRS’s Pete Forster and François Clerc sit down with Philippe de Korodi, CEO of Caran d’Ache, the maker of high-end art supplies:
Tuesday, 4 January, 2011WRS’s Pete Forster and François Clerc sit down with Philippe de Korodi, CEO of Caran d’Ache, the maker of high-end art supplies:
Executive Life: Monisha Kaltenborn, Sauber Motorsport
Tuesday, 14 December, 2010WRS’s Pete Forster speaks to Monisha Kaltenborn, the Indian born, Austrian educated CEO of the Sauber Motorsport Formula One racing team. In an industry dominated by men, she became the head of one of the most competitive and highly regarded teams in motor racing. In fact, she is the first woman to run any Formula One team ever:
Tuesday, 14 December, 2010WRS’s Pete Forster speaks to Monisha Kaltenborn, the Indian born, Austrian educated CEO of the Sauber Motorsport Formula One racing team. In an industry dominated by men, she became the head of one of the most competitive and highly regarded teams in motor racing. In fact, she is the first woman to run any Formula One team ever:
Executive Life: Tom Crotty, INEOS
Tuesday, 7 December, 2010Pete Forster sits down with INEOS director Tom Crotty. The petrochemical company is relocating from the UK to Rolle in canton Vaud, and at a recent press conference to explain the move, Crotty declared that INEOS was the biggest company you’ve never heard of. With a turnover in excess of $40 billion and 16,000 employees, they are a major global supplier of polymers for plastics:
Tuesday, 7 December, 2010Pete Forster sits down with INEOS director Tom Crotty. The petrochemical company is relocating from the UK to Rolle in canton Vaud, and at a recent press conference to explain the move, Crotty declared that INEOS was the biggest company you’ve never heard of. With a turnover in excess of $40 billion and 16,000 employees, they are a major global supplier of polymers for plastics:
Executive Life: Laurent Vulliet, BG Consulting
Tuesday, 30 November, 2010Pete Forster and François Clerc talk to the CEO of BG Consulting, Laurent Vulliet. Formerly a dean of engineering at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Vulliet has made the direct leap to the top of the executive tree in the company responsible for some of Switzerlands most iconic engineering projects:
Tuesday, 30 November, 2010Pete Forster and François Clerc talk to the CEO of BG Consulting, Laurent Vulliet. Formerly a dean of engineering at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Vulliet has made the direct leap to the top of the executive tree in the company responsible for some of Switzerlands most iconic engineering projects:
Executive Life: Improving internal communication
Tuesday, 23 November, 2010Executive coach Joseph Grenny, a man who thinks that companies are dropping the ball when it comes to internal communication, is the author of a number of best selling books on improving company culture. WRS’s Pete Forster talks to Grenny about making lasting changes to the behaviour within companies and ways to get your message across, both up and down the corporate hierachy:
Tuesday, 23 November, 2010Executive coach Joseph Grenny, a man who thinks that companies are dropping the ball when it comes to internal communication, is the author of a number of best selling books on improving company culture. WRS’s Pete Forster talks to Grenny about making lasting changes to the behaviour within companies and ways to get your message across, both up and down the corporate hierachy:
Executive Life: Environmentally sustainable management
Tuesday, 26 October, 2010Pete Forster looks into a pioneering collaboration between IMD business school and environmental advocates WWF to train a new generation of business leaders in sustainable thinking:
Tuesday, 26 October, 2010Pete Forster looks into a pioneering collaboration between IMD business school and environmental advocates WWF to train a new generation of business leaders in sustainable thinking:
Executive Life: Mark Darby, Baboo
Tuesday, 12 October, 2010Pete Forster and François Clerc sit down with the chief executive of the airline Baboo, Mark Darby. Launched in 2003, the Geneva-based Baboo currently employs 180 people and flies to 18 European destinations. The company is facing turbulent times with announcements in September that a major restructuring is underway in an effort to stem losses:
Tuesday, 12 October, 2010Pete Forster and François Clerc sit down with the chief executive of the airline Baboo, Mark Darby. Launched in 2003, the Geneva-based Baboo currently employs 180 people and flies to 18 European destinations. The company is facing turbulent times with announcements in September that a major restructuring is underway in an effort to stem losses:
Executive Life: Pierre-Marie De Leener, PPG Industries
Tuesday, 5 October, 2010Pete Forster and Francois Clerc speak to Pierre-Marie De Leener, president and European head of PPG Industries, the makers of industrial coatings and paints. The company employs nearly 40,000 workers, 17,000 of which are in Europe, and last year the company had a global turnover of just over $12 billion:
Tuesday, 5 October, 2010Pete Forster and Francois Clerc speak to Pierre-Marie De Leener, president and European head of PPG Industries, the makers of industrial coatings and paints. The company employs nearly 40,000 workers, 17,000 of which are in Europe, and last year the company had a global turnover of just over $12 billion:
