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EDUCATION SESSION
All About Serving on Start-Up Boards
Before you aspire to serve on a board, have a clear understanding of your role. Learn the details of fiduciary responsibility and gain insight into diverse aspects of board service for a Swiss start-up company, including:

  • The role and responsibilities of a non-executive board member
  • The composition of boards and their evolution
  • How start-up boards work
  • Why start-up boards are different from larger company boards

Bring your questions about developing skills and becoming selected as a candidate for board service, as well as the range of activities you will undertake as a board member. Mingle and network with colleagues and peers over drinks after the discussion.
DATE
25 March 2019
TIME
6:00 PM Registration
6:30 PM Event Begins
The program will begin promptly at 6:30 PM ; please allow time to get through building security and to register before the event begins. Those arriving after registration has closed may not be admitted and will be subject to a "No-Show Fee" (see below).
Networking reception before and after session.
LOCATION
Wenger & Vieli
Dufourstrasse 56
Zurich, 8008, Switzerland
PARTICIPANTS
Brigitte Baumann
Go Beyond

Laura Fontana
Wenger & Vieli

Virginie Verdon
HOST
Wenger & Vieli
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BIOGRAPHIES
Brigitte Baumann
Founder & Chairperson, Go Beyond

Brigitte Baumann is the Founder and Chairwoman of Go Beyond Early Stage Investing ( www.go-beyond.biz, www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jJ4eA0Q2ts). In May 2015 EBAN (the European trade association for Business Angels and Seed Funds) named her European Investor of the Year. She is President Emeritus of EBAN and Chairs the Young Presidents Organization’s global Angel Investing group. She has been recognized as one of the leading Business Angels that are rocking Europe with expertise in FinTech and active angel investing.

Brigitte has 20+ years experience in bringing new technologies to market in the US and Europe. She was the CEO and Director of iWORLD Group, a VC backed, global developer of mobile content. She was Senior Vice President and General Manager Internet at American Express (Amex) Corporate Services. Prior to that, Brigitte spent three years as President for US/Canada of Gemalto, a world leader in smart card technology. She also worked at McKinsey & Company as Senior Engagement Manager.

Brigitte has a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University, Boston and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School, Philadelphia. Born in France, Brigitte and her family live in Zurich.

Laura Fontana
Lawyer & Notary, Wenger & Vieli

Laura works as lawyer and notary for Wenger & Vieli Ltd mainly in corporate and commercial law. Her consulting focus is in venture capital and private equity financing. She accompanies international and national investors as well as entrepreneurs through the entire investment process and is available to them during the holding period until a successful exit. Laura is an LP in the Rising Tide 2 and 3 Programme.

Virginie Verdon
Professional Board Member

Virginie is a professional board member since 2009. She serves on various boards of SMEs, Start-ups and Government-owned companies in Switzerland and France. She is chairperson of SCAN ( scan-ne.ch ) and member of the board of Fiorino ( fiorino.ch ). She helps building good governance inside organisations and improving board performance. 

Often called by companies facing critical situations in their board composition, efficiency or constitution, she advises board members, chairpersons or shareholders. She sometime helps as well CEOs in building trustful relations with their non-executive boards. Virginie has a strong background in energy, clean-tech, telecommunication and IT sectors. She brings her hands-on expertise in C-level management, finance, government relations, and international business development.

Fascinated by organisations in transition, she took part in two IPOs, led a full privatisation process and restructured various SMEs as well as MNCs departments in multicultural environments.
ABOUT
Wenger & Vieli
Wenger & Vieli Ltd. is a nationally and internationally active law firm with offices in Zurich and Zug. For more than forty years, we have been advising and representing national and international companies as well as private clients residing in or outside Switzerland primarily in all areas of business and tax law. Providing advice on a personal level and having small teams attend to our clients allows us to respond quickly and individually to our clients’ particular needs. We advise and represent our clients in a productive, goal-oriented and efficient manner.

Wenger & Vieli Ltd. employs around 60 experts who, in addition to their professional expertise, bring along the necessary team spirit and knowledge of human nature to ensure optimum cooperation with clients.

Thanks to our size, the composition of our team of experts and state-of-the-art technical infrastructure, we are able to take on national and international engagements that are both labor-intensive and sophisticated. We advise our clients in German, English, French, Italian, Hebrew, Spanish, Czech and Russian.

The personal style will continue to shape our law firm in the future. Regardless of scope, we complete each engagement entrusted to us with the same commitment, where quality always comes first. We truly enjoy our profession and are open and transparent towards our clients.

Having maintained contacts over many years, Wenger & Vieli Ltd. has a network of relationships with law firms around the world. We are a member of Meritas, one of the largest international associations of law firms with members in all major cities of the world. In the area of tax law, Wenger & Vieli Ltd. cooperates with WTS Global, a worldwide network of selected consulting firms, present in more than 100 countries. Whenever necessary, our networks provide immediate access to local authorities and courts.
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