Team

Natalie Ernst-Schuchert
Corporate Communications

Since 2009, Natalie is responsible for Corporate Communications at Inrate. Prior to this, she worked in different positions within Credit Suisse, inter alia as media spokesperson and team manager. She holds a master degree in applied linguistics of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz (Germany) as well as a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Corporate Communications. Besides that, she is a certified management coach.

Stéphane Genilloud
Senior Analyst

Stéphane has been an analyst at Inrate (Centre Info) since 1997. Prior to this, at Centre Info, he has been specializing in methodological development and process documentation. Besides this, he was part of the communications team. He holds a Master in Economics from the School of HEC (University of Lausanne) as well as a Master Degree in econometrics and economics from the School of HEC (University of Lausanne).

Madeleine Guyer
Senior Analyst

Madeleine has been working at INFRAS for Inrate since 2007. She is a specialist for national and international climate and environmental policy, in particular emissions trading and CDM (Clean Development Mechanism). Prior to this, she accomplished an internship at EcoSecurities in Den Haag regarding the post -2012 climate policy as well as future layouts of CDM. She also did an internship with myclimate. In her thesis, she treated the monetisation of ecosystem services, which she concluded at the ETH in Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). Madeleine holds a Master of Science in Geography from the University of Zürich.

Petra Kaiser
Assistant to the Management Board

Since 2008, Petra is the Assistant to the Management Board and the Board of Directors. Prior to this, she worked several years for UNICEF Switzerland, as officer in charge of donations a well as Assistant to the Executive Director. Within Ibico, a leading provider for office equipment in Germany, she was an Assistant to the Executive Director and quality management officer. Petra has many years of experience as project manager and project co-ordinator.

Gael Kyriakidis
Analyst

Gael has been an analyst for Inrate (Centre Info) since 2007. Prior to this, she worked for Centre Info in the administration department taking care of the accounting. Prior to Inrate, she has been secretary at the Fribourg International Film Festival. She holds a Bachelor in Communication and Social Sciences from the Fribourg University.

Alexandre Messerli
Senior Analyst

Alexandre has been an analyst for Inrate (Centre Info) since 2007. He focuses his work on environmental issues and in particular on CO2 emissions programs. Inter alia, he took part in the research and redaction of the Carbon Disclosure Project report. Prior to Inrate, he worked as a Communication Manager at the Centre Ecologique Albert Schweitzer. He holds a Master in Political Sciences from the Lausanne University.

Daniela Perito
Senior Analyst

Daniela has been an analyst for Inrate (Centre Info) since 1999. At Centre Info, she was a client account manager and took part in specific client-related research projects. She holds a Master of Law from the Fribourg University and a Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) from the Zurich University in Business Administration.

 

Isabelle Reine
Senior Analyst

Isabelle has been an analyst for Inrate (Centre Info) since 1998. Besides her analyst work, she is currently part of the Methodology Implementation team. Before that, she worked seven years as an environmental and social analyst. She was appointed Quality Officer in 2004 and in this function taking care of the organisation and quality management. She holds a Master in Business Management from the Fribourg University.

Judith Reutimann
Senior Analyst

Judith has been working at INFRAS for Inrate since 2007. She is a specialist for water, agriculture and forestry, waste management, air, as well as substance flow analyses. She gathered further professional experience as research assistant at the ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) and EAWAG, a world-leading aquatic research institute. She also accomplished several internships in the environmental area, e.g. in Kenia. Judith holds a Master degree in environmental sciences from the ETH in Zurich with emphasis on environmental chemistry, environmental microbiology and aquatic systems.

Bettina Rüegge
Senior Analyst

Bettina has been working at INFRAS for Inrate since 2005. Her focus is on methodological aspects of the rating process and social aspects of business management. Prior to this, she accomplished an internship at the WWF Switzerland. She holds a Master degree in geography from the University of Zurich where she also studied pyhtogeography as s subsidiary subject. Furthermore, Bettina holds a degree (CAS) in Social Management from the University of Applied Economics Zurich.

Dr. Regina Schwegler
Senior Analyst

Regina has been working within INFRAS for Inrate since 2007. Her focus is environmental economics & policy, sustainability management as well as business ethics. In particular, she is responsible for the Inrate knowledge center as well as the Inrate exclusion criteria on product level. Prior to this, for many years she has been a lecturer for environmental economics at the University of Pforzheim and a research assistant at the Institute for Applied Sciences University of Pforzheim. She holds a Master degree in political economics from the University Bamberg, Germany, as well as a PhD degree in business ethics from the University Aachen, Germany.

Myriam Steinemann
Senior Analyst

Myriam has been working within INFRAS for Inrate since 2002. Her focus is climate policy and development cooperation. Prior to this, she worked as a programme manager at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC in the climate change division and as teaching & research assistant at the Department of Geography at the University of Zurich. Myriam holds a Master degree in geography and ethnology from the University of Zurich.

 

Fanny Sulmoni
Senior Analyst

Fanny has been an analyst for Inrate (Centre Info) since 2006. She is fostering the relationships with several unions and NGOs. Prior to Inrate, she worked as a Chief Redactor of the newspaper Spectrum and as an assistant in the Press Department of the Fribourg International Film Festival. She holds a Master in Sociological Sciences from the Fribourg University (specialized in Sociology of Communication, Journalism and Human Rights).

Anna Vettori
Senior Analyst

Anna has been working for Inrate within INFRAS since 2000. She is a specialist for economic analyses as well as regulatory and competition policy and concentrates on projects in the fields of health, telecommunications, the electricity market, welfare and financial policy as well as sustainable financial assets. Prior to this, she was a staff manager at Erdgas (Natural Gas) Zurich. Anna holds a Master degree in economic sciences from the University of Basel. The topic of her thesis was the liberalisation of the electricity market.

Damien Vieli
IT Responsible (Amplitude Informatique Ltd, partner company located in our premises)

Since 2008, Damien has been responsible for the IT Development at Inrate (Centre Info) within Inrate’s partner company Amplitude Informatique. He has numerous years of experience as IT developer, network administrator, and project manager. In particular, he has been IT responsible for the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève (1998-2008). Damien has studied information technology at the Fribourg University.