About the Chapter

Chapter Vision

PMI Switzerland Chapter is recognized as the leading association in Switzerland for advancing excellence and professionalism in project management.

Chapter Mission

Foster project management practitioners in their career by providing them with PMI and localized services and knowledge.
Promote Project Management to contribute to organizational success and business results.
Foster a community of project management practitioners and organizations in Switzerland to promote professional contacts, share experience and knowledge.
Develop the chapter toward organizational maturity.

Chapter Organization Chart

2018 - 2019 Elected Board of Directors members

Irina Petkova, PMP: Chapter President
Agata Czopek, PMP: VP PMI Educational Foundation
David Fowler, PMP, PMI-ACP: VP Communications
Elena Milusheva, PMP: VP Volunteer Engagement
Julia Posselt, PMP: VP Special Projects
Karolina Letowska, PMP: VP Finance
Loïc Hascher, PMP, PMI-ACP: VP Members
Manju Bohra: VP Sponsoring
Philippe Soupart, PMP: VP Operations
Thijs Wijnands, PMP: VP Professional Development

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Selected Board of Directors memebrs during the AMM 2019 in Basel. From left to right: Phil, Irina, Manju, Julia, Elena, David, Agata and Loic.

The Chapter Board of Directors manages and enhances the Chapter services as a leadership team, facilitated by the chapter president. A large group of over one hundered volunteers in various teams assist them in achieving the chapter vision and delivering the services proposed to members and professionals.

2018 - 2019 Chapter Officers

Elected Officers:

Raymond Stritt, PMP: Financial Auditor
Yann Steimer, PMP: Financial Auditor
Angel Carlos Martinez Arteaga, PMP: Elections Committee
Sascha Wyss, PgMP, PMP, ACP: Elections Committee

Appointed Officers:

Alice Pannerec, PMP: Regional Events Director (Romandie)
Aristeidis Matsokis, PMP: Regional Events Director (Zürich)
Carlos Valentin, PMP: Technology Director
Claudia Rassalski, PMP: Finance Director
Daniele Pinto, PMP: Sponsoring Director
Daniel Rodellar, PMP: Publications Director
Diana Lagalante: Marketing and Social Media Director
Fredy Wehrli, PMP: Learning Seminars Director
Gessami Sanchez, PMP: Regional Events Director (Basel)
Julia Ovcinnikov, PMP: Regional Events Director (Romandie)
Larisa Aragon Castro, PMP: Regional Events Director (Basel)
Prasanth Nair, PMP: Regional Events Strategic Director (Zürich)
Sumon Vangchuay, PMP: PMO Director
Stefan Vesenmeier, PMP: Regional Events Strategic Director (Basel)

Department Missions

Communications

Promote a community spirit by leveraging our communications channels: publications (Newsletter, PMI@CH), Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter
Promote chapter events and event participation
Encourage members to share experience and knowledge with each other
Have fun with volunteer colleagues across Switzerland and beyond

Events - Foster PM community and awareness of the profession by bringing people together and exchanging ideas

Define event Concept - speaker and topic
Arrange logistics - venue, date, time and preliminary agenda; verify sponsor agreement, post event on PMI site
Manage all processes on event date - registration, facilitating the session
Close event project - financial reporting, issuing receipts and PDUs certificates, surveys

Finance

Plan budget of all departments within PMI Switzerland
Improve financial processes to control payments
Monitor, consolidate and report of the actuals x budget to the board of directors
Report the financial results to PMI-CH auditors

Members - Provide value to our members, create attractiveness and retain them inside our chapter

Operations - Provides internal services to the board, to the members and to the general public. It counts three main areas:

VP Operations: department-lead and support for board meetings and chapter governance
Technology team: allows information-sharing within the chapter (website and sharing-platform)
PMO Team: covers the administrative tasks and projects for the chapter (day-to-day tasks are outsourced to an outside company)
As such, mostly invisible, but the necessary oil in the wheels for a well-functioning association

Special Projects - Offers a unique lens to explore vibrant worlds from a different angle. Here, we hone in on actual topics and provide a fresh context for project management trends.

Volunteer Engagement - Deliver value by attracting, engaging, developing and recognizing volunteers who in turn will drive forward the PMI Swiss chapter

Sponsoring - Discover and treasure sponsors to enable PMI swiss chapter to succeed in their goal to promote project management best practices and knowledge sharing to empower individuals and communities

PMI Switzerland for Social Good - Fostering project management skills for social good, working close with PMI Educational Foundation https://pmief.org/

Introducing project management skills to schools, disseminating project management related educational resources to primary and secondary school teachers
Support for Non-profits and Non-government organisations in delivering their missions through the application of project management

Chapter Address

PMI Switzerland Chapter
Bollwerk 21
CH-3011 Bern
Tel.: +41 (0)31 311 53 08
Fax: +41 (0)31 311 53 01
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