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Today’s guest is Anat Bar-Gera. She has co-founded and successfully exited multiple telecom and internet companies, including Airpage, SurfEU, and YooMeeAfrica. She’s an investor in unicorns like Revolut and Fireblocks, with notable exits such as CyberX (Microsoft) and IntSights (Rapid7). A member of the World Economic Forum’s European Digital Leaders and UNICEF Switzerland delegate, she’s held bo...

Chloe Macintosh, founder and CEO of the sexual wellness app Kama, began her career in architecture, quickly rising to prominence as an associate partner at age 26 with Norman Foster. She co-founded made.com, a trailblazing homeware retail business, and later took on the role of Chief Creative Officer at Soho House. Chloe is now passionately focused on redefining conversations around sexuality and...

Lukas Weber and Steffen Wagner are the co-founders of Verve Ventures, a cutting-edge venture capital firm focused on leveraging technology to solve global challenges. Lukas and Steffen's journey began in a small consulting firm in 2007, which was later acquired by PwC, solidifying their partnership and shared vision.  In this episode of Path | Passion | Purpose, host Elena Zafirova dives into the...

Kate Bright is the founder and CEO of UMBRA International, a unique Security Concierge and Secure Lifestyle services business. Under Kate’s leadership, UMBRA is on a mission to make security and the industry more accessible – she kickstarted the UMBRA Academy to underscore the impact and sustainability commitments of the business. She was shortlisted as Entrepreneurial Woman of the Year in the Cit...

Mike Chang is a fitness industry pioneer and YouTube sensation with over 4 million followers. Mike shares his compelling journey of achieving the American dream and then realising it wasn’t fulfilling. We delve into key moments of his life that led to profound changes, from battling anxiety and fear to discovering inner peace and true happiness. In this episode, we explore: Detaching from fears an...

Raja Skogland shares her unique journey from growing up between Morocco and Switzerland to navigating the entrepreneurial landscape in Norway. She is now the Founder and Chair of The Visionary Company, Board and VC. She joins Path | Passion | Purpose to delve into her passion for community building, human connections, and empowering others through knowledge.  In this episode, we explore: Starting...

Thomas Ermacora is a Futurist, Architect and Impact Entrepreneur. He has worked with global players such as the X-Prize, the World Economic Forum, the Vatican, the UN, and the G7. His work is informed by three lenses: the geopolitical forces shaping our world, the trend towards nurturing the self, and a shift towards distributive infrastructures and digital society. He joins Path | Passion | Purpo...

Camilla Hagen Sørli holds 20 years of experience within strategy, management, consumer behaviour, marketing, business development, and sustainability - for both her family’s business and also as an independent board member. Camilla is the founder of Akoya Publishing, an independent publishing house in the UK, dedicated to publishing exceptional literature from all over the world. She is the mother...

Reto Ringger is the founder of Globalance Bank, an owner-managed Swiss private bank which invests in future movers. Before starting Globalance Bank in 2011, Reto founded SAM Group (Sustainable Asset Management) in 1995. In collaboration with Dow Jones, SAM launched the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. He joins Path | Passion | Purpose to discuss the path towards founding Globalance Bank and his vis...

Ezgi Cinar is a Turkish-Swiss fashion designer, creative director, and entrepreneur who is the visionary behind her eponymous brand, founded in 2016 and based in Zurich. She joins Elena Zafirova on the podcast to unpack her insights on creativity, the fashion industry, and the importance of sustainability. Ezgi also discusses her unique approach to fashion, emphasizing made-to-order practices to r...

Princess Alia Al-Senussi, PhD, is a globally renowned member of the contemporary art world with a focus on cultural strategy and patronage systems. She is an active cultural strategist, writer, patron, public speaker and academic recognized for her deep knowledge of the global art world and its systems and members.   Considered one of the foremost figures in contemporary art of her generation...

Stefan von Bartha (b. 1981) is the Director and owner of von Bartha. He is, with his wife Hester Koper, bringing the gallery into a new era with its dynamic art program at its two locations in Basel and Copenhagen, alongside its dedicated online presence. He became Director of the gallery in 2008 and has been responsible for keeping the DNA of one of the longest-running galleries while pushing it...

B orn and raised in Lebanon, Maria relocated to London with her husband Malek and their three children in 2004. Their art collection named ISelf looks at identity with particular reference to the human condition. ISelf was shown at the Whitechapel Gallery in 2017 and 2018 and received over 350,000 visitors. Maria is a member of the International Council at Tate. She co-chairs their Middle Eastern...

Alisée  de Tonnac's journey begins at the International School, first in Singapore, then in Silicon Valley, before returning to France. She obtained a Bachelor in Management and Economics from the HEC faculty of UNIL. Subsequently, she continued with a Master in International Management at the Università Bocconi. From 2011, she immersed herself in the field of marketing by joining the L'Oréal...

Chris Luebkeman’s career to date has spanned professions and geographies. His personal learning journey, encouraged by a family of entrepreneurs and educators, took him from his midwestern birthplace of Cincinnati, Ohio to Vanderbilt, Cornell and eventually to the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. His multidisciplinary education (geology, civil engineering, structural engineering, and a Doctorate in Arc...

Anna  completed her medical studies at the University of Zurich Medical School in Switzerland and Harvard Medical School in the USA. After graduating, she conducted post-doctoral research at Harvard Medical School in biomedicine and genetics. In parallel, Anna received a PhD in epidemiology and health systems management from University of Basel (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute). Su...

Multi-Grammy Award-winning musician, composer, and artist Dhani Harrison's long career has been anything but ordinary. Originally stepping onto the global stage with his band thenewno2, a musical collective that seamlessly fused alternative rock, electronica, and blues, the band earned critical acclaim for its innovative sound and performances at Coachella, Lollapalooza, and on multiple late-night...

Mimi Ikonn is a serial entrepreneur, a social media influencer and an angel investor. She has co-founded several successful businesses. Luxy Hair was her first start-up, which became one of the largest Direct-to-Consumer beauty e-commerce brands online (acquired Dec. 2018).   Currently, Mimi is mostly focusing on Intelligent Change, which she also co-founded. Intelligent Change has created th...

Born in Aix-en-Provence, Philippe Schucht grew up on Lake Zürich where he studied mmedicine. He focused his professional life on the brain, became a neurosurgeon, and studied and worked in South Africa, the USA and France. Today, he is responsible for research and education, pediatric neurosurgery and brain tumor surgery, and the translational HORAO Lab at the Inselspital, the University of Bern....

Marina  is an award-winning CEO Coach and Board Advisor, guiding boards, executives and top teams on the journey to extraordinary leadership beyond profit. With her rich business background in financial services, she personally advised and coached hundreds of executives across the globe.  Marina  is a sought-after keynote speaker on boardroom-related topics as well as a TEDx speaker...

Benjamin has 13 years’ experience in impact investing. His firm, Impact Finance, has disbursed, since October 2011, $360 million in high impact food value chains. Benjamin is head of impact and is a member of the investment committee. He developed Kharmax Impact Monitoring System, the company’s proprietary tool to enable portfolio companies to report on impact. Benjamin serves on the board of Stel...

Angelica’s career includes tenure at Fiat USA as Director of Investor relations, sales and trading at Morgan Stanley, followed by her co-founding her own asset management company which to date has invested and managed a compounded usd 2 billion. Angelica has been an Angel Investor for the past 20 years.   Her vision of creating positive legacy that transcends generations by accelerating impac...

Stuart J. Russell is professor (and formerly chair) of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California at Berkeley. He is holder of the Smith-Zadeh Chair in Engineering and director of the Centre for Human-Compatible AI. His book Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach is the standard text in AI; it has been translated into 14 languages and is used in over 1,400 uni...

Jen has been instructed in domestic and international cases involving media law, public law and international law. She advises media organisations, journalists, whistle-blowers and high-profile individuals on all aspects of media law and reputation management. She has also been instructed in human rights related judicial review cases and has given expert evidence in Parliament and at the United Na...

Sir David King was the permanent Special Representative for Climate Change from September 2013 until March 2017. Sir David was previously the Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor from 2000 to 2007, during which time he raised awareness of the need for governments to act on climate change and was instrumental in creating the Energy Technologies Institute. He also served as the Founding Director of...