Author Archives: Esther Gasser

Success Story Nepal / SEC Assignment of Volker Kleinn

The Internet service provider Worldlink in Kathmandu, Nepal, has already been supported several times with SEC consulting assignments since 2012. Three of these were carried out by Volker Kleinn, the last one in November 2019 on a private basis. In retrospect, it was noted with satisfaction that from the second to the third assignment the […]

Trilogy “The SEC in the view of our coordinators”, Part 2

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary, we asked our SEC coordinators to share some of their experiences. In the second part of the trilogy, the feedbacks of our Latin American coordinators Carmen Zapata, Ana Tan and Sandra Mejia will be summarised. What makes the SEC unique? Carmen, Coordinator Bolivia: “Although there are other programs […]

Trilogy “The SEC in the view of our coordinators”, Part 1

On the occasion of the anniversary year, we asked our SEC coordinators to share some of their experiences. The trilogy will be launched by the Kosovo coordinator Ibrahim Bejtullahu and the Tunisian coordinator Inès Chaïeb. What makes the SEC unique? Ibro, Coordinator Kosovo:“SEC experts provide to the Kosovo clients unique professional and life experience. Most […]

October Jubilee Post: Senior Expert Corps – the way it all began

The Senior Expert Corps turns 40. But how was it created? A look at Swisscontact’s old annual reports provides some information. The Senior Expert Corps was initiated by H.E. Stettbacher. Management consulting was his trade, as he was co-founder of the first management consulting firm in Switzerland. Business and management consulting was a matter close […]

Success Story Northern Macedonia / SEC Assignment of Hans Burger

Having received two SEC consulting assignments since autumn 2017, an organic producer in Resen is one of the SEC clients who have already benefited several times from an SEC expert. Hans Burger, a trained agronomist at ETH Zurich and SEC expert since May 2009, supported the company for the first time in 2017 during harvest […]