Jean-Philippe Devaux
Vice-President berninvest
+41 31 633 40 22
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«Our three missions in this highly competitive environment are “Keep”, “Develop”, and “Attract” – presenting us with a new challenge every day.»
Jean-Philippe Devaux heads the berninvest team. He and his team in Switzerland and abroad are passionate about supporting new projects that will create the jobs of tomorrow for young people in Bern.
Isabelle Berthold
Senior Project Manager
+41 31 633 40 18
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«Together with our local and international partners, we help businesses in their efforts to stay at the forefront or become the leaders of tomorrow. This creates a unique and attractive ecosystem for all companies looking to establish here.»
Manfred Böbner
Senior Project Manager
+41 31 636 04 62
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«We are passionate about identifying and boosting the wide-ranging competencies of Bern-based companies, start-ups, and their research partners.»
Soraya Brikho
Office Manager
+41 31 636 73 58
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«We aim to be Switzerland’s most cosmopolitan canton, a place where national and international start-ups and companies are welcomed with open arms and receive the best support, with customer focus high on our agenda.»
Ayşe Cirit
Senior Project Manager
+41 31 633 73 47
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«Every day, we build a better corporate world together with local, national and multinational companies.»
Fredy Hachen
Senior Project Manager
+41 31 636 19 18
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«We build bridges for Bernese businesses to help them achieve their goals faster.»
Fredy Hachen is one of the two-person team responsible for producing annual reports on the companies we support.
Stefan Jans
Senior Project Manager
+41 31 633 41 24
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«We support, advise and facilitate start-ups, existing companies and new arrivals from abroad in many different ways.»
Peter Kistler
Senior Project Manager
+41 31 633 40 17
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«We offer targeted, tailor-made support and advice for existing and new Swiss and foreign businesses. Our goals are successful companies and a strong economic environment in the Canton of Bern.»
Chantal Laubscher
Assistant
+41 31 636 04 64
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«Our mission: to offer companies the best possible solutions. Our ambition: to ramp up our own quality and efficiency to an ever higher level. Our goal: to optimally meet our customers’ needs.»
Anne Lauret
Office Manager
+41 31 636 04 63
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«Pooling our talents and providing optimal services backed by efficient organization and effective communication – that’s our motto.»
Dana Lauret
Assistant
+41 31 636 96 23
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«Because our team is so diverse and multi-faceted, you’ll always find the right person to talk to about your needs.»
Etienne Maillefer
Senior Project Manager
+41 31 636 04 65
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«Our businesses’ needs are our top priority. Listening to them, finding solutions, and supporting them in their innovations and investments is an integral part of what we do every day.»
Ralf Müssig
Senior Project Manager
+41 31 633 51 47
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«As the saying goes, don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today. We offer support for innovative companies with potential.»
Vassiliki Riesen
Senior Project Manager
+41 31 633 41 23
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«Whether you have an innovative high-tech project or need to take your business activity to the next level, we support Bernese and foreign entrepreneurs and offer tailor-made support in every phase of their journey.»
Nastassja von Gunten
Senior Project Manager
+41 31 636 96 35
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«We help to strengthen the economic foundation of our canton by supporting innovative companies that will bring added value to our region and society.»
Joëlle Ziegler
Senior Project Manager
+41 31 636 97 55
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«We are committed to the transition to a sustainable economy, support innovative projects, and promote local and international entrepreneurial talent. Let’s work together to mobilize the outstanding expertise of the economic and institutional players in Switzerland’s largest bilingual region in order to maintain and strengthen the competitiveness of the Canton of Bern’s economy.»
Christian Zulauf
Senior Project Manager
+41 31 633 96 57
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«It gives me great pleasure to be supporting the Bernese economy in innovative projects - for a successful future for the Canton of Bern.»