About PWG Zurich

Amanda joins us from the US and has been in Switzerland for a little over 2 years. Her  background is in financial  management, strategic operations, and change management. She  joined PWG shortly after her arrival to Switzerland and is excited about her new role as  President.

Understanding the difficulties in moving to a new country and trying to reestablish oneself  professionally, she is passionate about collaboration and creating new  opportunities for  professional women. In her free time, she enjoys reading, boxing, roller skating (quad skates), and hiking in the mountains with her husband.

“Mabuhay!” from Ann Michelle. She is known to spice things up. Growing up in the beautiful islands of the Philippines, the young but seasoned HR Communications expert has been working for Givaudan, a world leading flavours and fragrance company for the past 6 years. Ann Michelle is a recipient of the 100 Most Influential Filipina Women™ (FWN100) Emerging Leader award, recognizing Filipina women below age 35 who are making their mark in a leadership role. She is an active member of Lean In Switzerland and took part in the expedition with HERPlanet Earth to help raise awareness how climate change affects women.

Ni Hao! Cheng is a Malaysian Chinese setting foot in Zurich 20 years ago. She has over 10 years of experience in banking, reporting and controlling . Enthusiasm, persistence and pragmatism have been the three traits that guiding her life and helped her find her place over time. Cheng is new to PWG and look forward to learning and hopefully to contribute to PWG.

Originally from Spain, Vanessa has a Tourism and Marketing background, and is currently working as  a Marketing & Communications Specialist in Zürich. She has lived in the USA, France and she's living in Switzerland since 2015. 

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Besides event planning, she is passionate about travelling, photography, museums and being in the nature, so she takes every opportunity she has to explore and hike the beautiful Swiss mountains.

Half Italian and half Czech, Livia has recently moved to Switzerland after living for more than 13  years in Prague, where she climbed the corporate ladder for a big  international company. Livia holds a Master’s degree in international Diplomatic Studies and is currently enrolled at the  University of St. Gallen for a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Management.
She is passionate about cooking and likes to challenge herself in preparing good food for her family
and friends. 

Namaste from Parinitha. Pari is an architect by training, an entrepreneur, innovator, design thinker, and educator.

Identifying innovative approaches and improved solutions to business challenges motivate and drive her. Having lived and worked in various cities and relocated to 3 different countries (India, USA & currently in Switzerland), she enjoys  and learns from the  cultural interactions and exchanges.

Parinitha, also loves and plays all kinds of sports and conducts painting sessions in her free time.

Vanakkam! from Swapna, her name “Swapna ”means “Dream”. If you can dream it, you can do it. Swapna is from tropical south of India. In Switzerland, she is working as Product Manager in a Medical Technology company based in Switzerland Innovation Park. She holds a doctoral degree in Biomedical Sciences from University of Bern and Diploma in Management from University of St. Gallen (ES-HSG). She has more than 10 years of experience in various roles including, clinical project manager and Product development in medical devices. She has a keen interest in building partnerships and networking for the women in technology.