Sandra Emme is one of the most sought-after Manager in Switzerland. In the past year, she was chosen to be equal in the two boards of Directors, the Basel logistics group Panalpina and at Belimo, making in Hinwil ZH actuators for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.

Now wants to strengthen metal train with industry expert, working since 2011 at Google Switzerland, where he is currently Responsible for the luxury and Finance industry. The 47-Year-old is to be elected at the AGM in may the Board of Directors of the company is through its kitchen appliances by V-Zug brand known.

Shortly after the election, Google comes to the train

striking: Only a year after Emme held at Belimo in the Board of Directors, catchment, announced the company in March this year, to have Google as the future of the Cloud provider chosen. The competitors Amazon and Microsoft have the Look.

The Same thing happened at the Zug tourism company Hapimag. There is a Manager of Google in the Board of Directors, has been sitting for two years with Philipp Ries. In the past year, the vacation service provider who had previously worked for years with the office software Office of Microsoft began with the transition to the competitive product Google Suite. Gave the Google representatives in the boards of Directors of Belimo and Hapimag for the award of the contract the rash? No, reaffirm both companies. The selection of the new platform was done by specialist departments; the decision made by the Executive Committee without the involvement of the Board of Directors.

“the epitome of the digital revolution,”

But the growing influence of Google on the Swiss economy, has met with criticism. Because the company, which started with a search engine, is today one of the largest providers of office software and Cloud applications. So external it be known offerings, such as storage space, computing power and applications that are accessed over the Internet.

Google is one in Switzerland, more than 2500 employees and occupies more influence on large companies and SMEs as IBM and Microsoft, the count in this country also larger offices. At the annual Digitaltag Google sponsors one of the five main.

mandate at Axa Winterthur

“Google is the epitome of the digital transformation,” says the senior management of intermediaries, Björn Johansson, the Swiss company has also provides the Manager of the technology giant. He sees the Google-squad in the case of appointments in the advantage, compared to specialists from other large it companies. “Google brought in Switzerland, most with digital Innovation,” says Johansson. In addition, the company was very open to what relates to the approval of ancillary activities of their employees.

This is true even for Patrick Warnking, head of Google Switzerland. He sits on the Board of Directors of the insurer, Axa-Winterthur and is a member of the Advisory boards of the ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich. He also appears on panel discussions and lectures about the “digital Revolution”. Anna Mossberg, a former Google top woman Board Member of Swisscom’s for a year. She previously worked in the Management of Google Sweden.

“After the companies have strengthened their business lines specialists from the digital world, takes councils of the area of expertise now, more and more is also a member of the administration,” says Rafael Paravicini from the squad intermediary Heidrick & Struggles. The diversity in the bodies gains strongly in importance, he says. This concerns not only the question of Gender, but also the skills. Computer science belong to today, “in almost all the sectors of the core competencies”. (Editorial Tamedia)

Created: 08.04.2019, 21:38 PM