Gen A Alumni Summer Session with Julius Bär, the Adecco Group and EBP
VIEW EVENT DETAILSConnecting Asia Society Switzerland's Communities
Each year, 25 young professionals and advanced students are selected for our year-long Gen A – Young Leadership Program. After having graduated from a series of expert roundtables, workshops, and an individual graduation project the young leaders become part of the growing and engaged Gen A Alumni Community. Asia Society Switzerland is committed to continue to inform, inspire, and connect our alumni through a series of formats and new initiatives, among others the Gen A Alumni Travel Grant.
To keep the conversation going and inspire possible pathways, this Summer we bring together our Gen A Alumni Community with our Corporate Members Community. Julius Bär, Adecco, and EBP all have strong and very diverse ties to Asia. Christian Cappelli, Managing Director, Head Asia Switzerland at Julius Bär, Bettina Schaller, SVP Head Group Public Affairs at the Adecco Group, and Bruno Basler, President of the Board of Directors at EBP Global, join us to talk about their companies' history and anchoring with and in Asia.
Join us for drinks and conversations in an informal round about these Swiss companies with a global reach.
This event is exclusively accessible for Gen A Fellows and Gen A Alumni.
About Gen A – Young Leadership Program
In its mission to foster Asia Competence, Asia Society Switzerland is committed to empowering young voices in the dialogue with Asia, recognizing youth as a key driver of Switzerland’s future success in the region. We offer the Gen A (short for Generation Asia) program to young professionals and advanced students in Switzerland. The program aims to deepen their knowledge of Asia-related issues, provide them with the tools to interpret Asia’s development and identify opportunities for a successful collaboration with Asia. This year-long program enables the next generation to engage with Asia on eye level and builds a community of young Asia-curious people in Switzerland. More
Bettina Schaller Bossert heads the Group Public Affairs activities of the Adecco Group and is member of Asia Society Switzerland's Advisory Board. She is President of the World Employment Confederation (WEC); Vice-Chair of the OECD BIAC Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee; Co-Chair of the B20 Future of Work, Skills and Mobility Task Force; a Member of the B20 International Advocacy Caucus as well as a Steering Group Member on the World Economic Forum (WEF) "Center for New Economy and Society" and a Steering Group Member of the Global Apprenticeship Network (GAN). Bettina is a 2011 Young Leader of the American Swiss Foundation (ASF) and President of the ASF Young Leader Alumni Foundation Board. She is a Founding Member of "The Boardroom" launched in 2021, a Swiss initiative aimed at driving Board Diversity and developing the pipeline of Future Women Leaders. Since 2017, Bettina has been named a "Staffing 100 Europe Influencer" and into the International 50 of the "Global Power 100 – Women in Staffing". Since 2022, Bettina has been named into the Latin America 25 Top Leaders in Staffing.
Bruno Basler is President of the Board of Directors, Member of the Executive Board, Project leader and expert in strategy and management consulting at EBP since 1994. Additionally, he is Member of the Board of Directors in three family businesses: Robert Aebi, Vontobel Holding / Vontobel Bank and Baumann Springs. Bruno Basler is Member of Asia Society Switzerland's Advisory Board and a current participant of Asia NEXT, an Executive Education Program by Asia Society Switzerland in collaboration with the International Institute of Management Development (IMD).
Christian Cappelli is a Managing Director and Head Asia Switzerland at Julius Baer and Member of Asia Society Switzerland's Advisory Board. Based in Zurich, he is responsible for leading several teams to provide best-in-class wealth management services to the most sophisticated clients in the Asian region. With more than 30 years' experience in wealth managment, Christian has been covering the Asian market since 2000 when he moved to Hong Kong. He joined Julius Baer in Hong Kong in 2006 before transferring to Singapore in 2016. After 22 years in Asia, Christian relocated back to his native Zurich in 2022 where he is overseeing the bank's Asia focused activities out of Switzerland. Prior to joining Julius Baer, he worked at Credit Suisse and UBS.
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