On a mandate basis, I take on fundraising, governance and leadership tasks for foundations and non-profit organisations: as an advisor, but just as much as the person who delivers the work, too.
Services
Fundraising
For organisations without their own fundraising position: I run the ongoing fundraising work myself: research and assessment of potential funding foundations and other donors, pipeline, grant applications, outreach to funding foundations, deadline tracking and reporting.
Board & executive mandates
For foundations seeking leadership on a temporary or part-time basis: board membership, as well as interim or smaller mandates as managing director.
Board secretariat & delegate role
For boards and committees: acting as secretary or delegate. Among other things, I take on meeting preparation, minutes, follow-ups, and coordination between the board and operational level.
Application & project review
For funding foundations: professional assessment and preparation of incoming funding applications and projects as a basis for board decisions.
Grant application support
For specific funding applications: structuring, drafting or revising foundation applications, including project logic, sustainability, budget and supporting documents.
Setup, structure & legal matters
For existing foundations or those being established: advice on structure, statutes, governance, corporate housekeeping and legal questions relating to the foundation.
About me
My professional starting point is a classic legal education: studies in Fribourg (lic. iur.) and Berlin, a Zurich bar qualification, and an LL.M. from the University of Chicago. Professional experience as an attorney at a leading Swiss business law firm and in the banking world.
For several years now, my focus has been on the non-profit sector: in the environment of the Mercator Switzerland and Mercator Germany foundations, as Head of Fundraising at Stiftung Elternsein / the Swiss parenting magazine Fritz+Fränzi, and as a board member responsible for fundraising at Stiftung Circolino Pipistrello. This has given me a practical view of both sides of the foundation world: funding organisations as well as the projects they fund.
Educationlic. iur. Fribourg · LL.M. University of Chicago · Zurich bar qualification
FocusFundraising, foundation management, governance, non-profit projects
