Meet Maike Kiessling, General Manager of The Estée Lauder Companies Switzerland, and named Swiss Woman of the Year 2021 by Women in Business in this month’s episode of our CFB podcast SHE IS SPEAKING. She has been with ELC for 15 years and gives an inspiring insight into her visionary strategic leadership as well as strong personal involvement in women empowerment. Enjoy listening to this episode.

In this episode of the Carl F. Bucherer podcast She is Speaking, we talk to Melissa Beste, Global CEO of Swiss fashion company Akris. The traditional brand, founded in 1921 by Alice Kriemler-Schoch, is the only Swiss fashion brand that presents its creations at Paris Fashion Week. The fashion label is popular among those that love timeless designs and sustainable style. Melissa gives us an inspiring insight into her career and management style.

Meet Alexandra Pereyre de Nonancourt, third-generation family owner and member of the management board of Laurent-Perrier Suisse SA. Together with her sister Stéphanie, she manages the Laurent-Perrier estate. In this month’s episode of our CFB podcast, SHE IS SPEAKING, we talk to Alexandra about her family business, her daughter joining Laurent-Perrier, and what would surprise people the most about the art of making champagne. Tune in to find out what her favorite time of year is in terms of the vineyards and what drink she enjoys if it isn’t champagne. Enjoy this episode!

We are delighted to introduce a very special guest to the SHE IS SPEAKING podcast, please meet actress Li Bingbing. We are going to talk to Li Bingbing about staring in Hollywood blockbusters and her incredible environmental work through her charity L.O.V.E. Responsible Life and her work as a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. Tune in to find out what she enjoys most about acting, current projects she's working on and what it's like co-designing time pieces for Carl F. Bucherer like the Manero Autodate Love. Enjoy the podcast!

Please meet Swiss Alpine Skiing World and Olympic Champion Wendy Holdener. In this month's episode of our Carl F. Bucherer podcast, SHE IS SPEAKING, we are going to talk to Wendy about her incredible achievements from Swiss titles to the World Cup. Tune in to find out at what age she started skiing, if she still skis with her family just for fun and what her biggest goal is. Enjoy the podcast!

Please meet a very daring lady, Ruth Buscombe. She's the head of race strategy for the Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN Formula One team. In this episode, we speak to Ruth about her extraordinary job. She tells us all about engineering, what it entails exactly and what it's like working in a male dominated industry. We learn all about how much of the strategy happens before the race, what can happen during a race to really throw a wrench in the works of planning and how important good timing is. She also shares her favourite Formula 1 race and her thoughts on Formula E. Tune in to learn more.

Right in time when all of Europe is in the soccer fever, we speak to Swiss professional footballers Noëlle Maritz and Lia Wälti. Both ladies play for Arsenal Women aswell as the Swiss national team (where Lia is the captain). We ask the ladies about their training routine, how they got into football and who inspires them the most. Find out more about Noëlle Maritz and Lia Wälti.

In our third episode we speak to the talented Swedish Composer Lisa Streich who has taken the contemporary music world by storm. Her works have been performed all over the world and the list of prestigious prizes speak for themselves. Just recently she wrote a piece of music called PERIPHERY with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra dedicated to Carl F. Bucherer’s Manero Minute Repeater Symphony watch. She talks about what it’s like being one of few female composers, where she finds her inspiration and how having children helped her compose her best pieces yet. Tune in to learn more.

In our second episode we speak to Bex Carter, Director of Operations at the Manta Trust, a non-profit organization from the UK founded in 2011 and dedicated to the worldwide conservation of manta rays and their habitats through research, education and collaboration. Tune in to hear how Bex Carter tells us all about her fascinating job with the goal of a sustainable future for the oceans, where manta rays can thrive in a healthy, diverse marine ecosystems and how you can get involved to support these gentle giants.