SWISSINTELL

Swissintell has been around for over ten years, and we’ve come a long way. As of 2019, this is who we are, what we do, and what we stand for.

Who we are

Board members :   

• Dr. Alain Mermoud – President      
• Christopher H. Cordey  – Partnership and Treasurer      
• Kilian Cuche – Digital Strategy and Social Media Manager      
• Aleksandra Bielska – Zurich Greater Area Manager

ASVIE leadership team:      

• Prof Hélène Madinier – Geneva Greater Area Manager      
• Stéphanie Haesen Perroud – Geneva Events Manager      
• Lorille Alger – Geneva Events Manager      
• Alice Bouladon – Geneva Events Manager

Advisory board members:      

• Miki Valoyan – former President (2016 – 2018)      
• Jens Thieme – former President (2015 – 2016)      
• Marcel Brussee – former President (2012 – 2015)      
• Kurt Kobel – founding member and former President (2006 – 2012)

Head of Strategy, Communication and Secretariat:      

• Foteini Nikolou

What we do

Swissintell is a nonprofit organization (which operates under art. 60 ff of the Swiss Civil Code) which was created in 2006 under the name Swiss Competitive Intelligence Association (SCIA). In 2016, for our 10 years anniversary, we updated our bylaws and changed our name to SWISSINTELL, which is the umbrella brand for:      

• The Swiss Competitive Intelligence Association (SCIA) – former name   
• The Swiss Association for Market Research, Competitive Intelligence and Strategic Planning (SMCS)  
• Der Schweizerische Verband für Marktbeobachtung, Wettbewerbsanalyse und Strategieplanung (SMWP)  
• L’Association suisse en veille stratégique et intelligence économique (ASVIE)  
• Club Suisse des anciens de l’Ecole de Guerre Economique (AEGE)  
• Club Alumni de la Formation en Intelligence Economique et Veille Stratégique – HEG Genève (IEVS)

Our goal is to connect all information professionals in Switzerland and provide a single entry-point for the Swiss Intelligence community. Since 2006, we have organised over 50 networking events in Zurich and Geneva. Today, we have over 350 members and a few sponsors supporting the implementation of our strategy, based on the 2014 thesis by Benjamin Calmant.

We also want to position ourselves as a Swiss research centre on intelligence topics, like our colleagues from the Cf2R in France.