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Meet the team

Our dynamic and international  team comprises of successful entrepreneurs and executives with 150 years of accumulated experience in business innovation.

Kickstart team

Katka Letzing

Katka Letzing

CEO & Co-Founder

Andrea Bianchi

Andrea Bianchi

Senior Program Manager

Anikó Ivanics

Anikó Ivanics

New Work & Learning Lead

Blanka Skácelová

Blanka Skácelová

Operations Manager

Claire-Marine Pandraud

Claire-Marine Pandraud

Senior Program Manager

Elisabetta Chiarantoni

Elisabetta Chiarantoni

Program Manager

Ria Oana

Ria Oana

Special Projects Lead

Sara Fedele

Sara Fedele

Senior Manager PR & Communication

Tiziano Luccarelli

Tiziano Luccarelli

Sustainability & Circular Economy Lead

Markus Geissler

Markus Geissler

FinTech Expert

Franziska Böhm

Franziska Böhm

Food & Retail Expert

Fritz Seidel

Fritz Seidel

Intrapreneurship Expert

Jürg Stuker

Jürg Stuker

Partner

Katerina Klezlova

Katerina Klezlova

Health & Wellbeing Lead

Oender Boyman

Oender Boyman

Investor Expert & Relations

Ray Neubauer

Ray Neubauer

Smart Cities Expert

Amanda Byrde

Amanda Byrde

Impact Hub Lausanne & Geneva Co-Founder

Felix Stähli

Felix Stähli

Impact Hub Lausanne & Geneva Co-Founder

Advisory board

Adrian Werren

Adrian Werren

Coop

Chief Financial Officer

Ron Schneider

Ron Schneider

PostFinance

Chief Transformation Officer

Dimitri Gitas

Dimitri Gitas

MSD Switzerland

Dimitri Gitas, Managing Director

Reto Conrad

Reto Conrad

Conrad Consulting

Founder, Professional board member

Andreea Prange

Andreea Prange

AXA

Head Customer Experience & Strategy

Christina Ulardic

Christina Ulardic

Astanor Ventures

Partner

Board of directors

Katka Letzing

Katka Letzing

CEO & Co-Founder

Jürg Stuker

Jürg Stuker

Partner

Christoph Birkholz

Christoph Birkholz

Co-President & Co-Founder

Georgios Kontoleon

Georgios Kontoleon

Co-Founder

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