NEGOTIATE YOUR FUTURE.
ONE WORD, ONE LINE,
ONE MOMENT AT A TIME.
AT YOUR SERVICE
COACHING
My priority is to provide you with the best possible consultation, tailored to your specific challenges, needs and wishes. Respect, honesty and a focus on goals are key elements of collaboration in the coaching sessions.
TRAINING
I train companies, government agencies and NGO‘s in negotiation, teamwork and decision-making under pressure. The training builds on insights from crisis negotiation and achieves an immediate and lasting impact through practical input, inspiring exercises and feedback.
KEYNOTE
My keynote speeches inspire the audience through the intensity of the content, the relevance of the topics discussed to their own work, and through interaction, in accordance with Aristotle’s principles: ethos, pathos and logos.
THE JOURNEY
February 1995 to December 2003
Serving in the Parachute Reconnaissance Company 17 of the Swiss Air Force as soldier (militia system of the Swiss Armed Forces).
May 2003 to April 2007
Serving in the Tactical Firearms Unit Enzian of the State Police Berne as officer, specializing as a precision marksman, deployed in increased risk situation and dignitary protection. Implementation of mental training as part of regular education. Absolving in-service training in Psychology in cooperation with the University of Berne.
Member of the Crisis Negotiation Unit of the State Police Berne in a part-time capacity, dealing with suicide threats, barricade, crisis situations and blackmail in the canton of Berne. From May 2007 Head of the Crisis Negotiation Unit in a full-time position, negotiation in kidnappings abroad as of December 2008.
January 2014 to December 2022
Head of Crisis Management of the Federal Police Switzerland, from 2017 Head of Special Situation Response Unit and Head of Negotiation Unit of the Federal Police. Management of police crisis situations at home and abroad and of kidnappings abroad on five continents.
August 2008 to December 2022
Member of the Strategic Board of the European Network of Advisory Teams for Kidnapping, Hostage Taking and Extortion (EuNAT), Vice-Chair from August 2018 to August 2020, President of EuNAT from August 2020 to September 2022. Member of the International Negotiators Working Group (INWG), November 2015 to December 2022. Training activity and lectures in 18 countries. From August 2009 to March 2022 Instructor at courses for Police Crisis Negotiators at the Swiss Police Institute, Course Director from May 2015 to March 2021.
January 2023 until now
