Career Advice

Adrian has worked in international cooperation for 27+ years, primarily for the ICRC, SDC, UNHCR, OSCE and cinfo, as well as the private sector. With a MA in International Relations/Development and Business Administration, he has had experience living and working on all continents. He started his career in the field of humanitarian aid, human rights and governance. Over the years, he has specialised in career development, organisational development, programme monitoring and private sector development issues. Adrian is a certified coach (Trigon) and has extensive experience in coaching, advising and interviewing – in Switzerland and in the field. Today he manages his own consultancy company. He is married with three children and living a dual career in international cooperation.

Gabriela has been involved in counselling and supporting people, mainly in international cooperation, for 16 years. She has master's degrees in International Relations (Geneva) and Southeast Asian Studies (Bangkok). For 10 years she lived and worked in Asia, Africa and Southeast Europe, where she worked with humanitarian organisations such as the ICRC, UNHCR and SDC/SHA, as well as for a UN peacekeeping mission. After returning to Switzerland, she gained in-depth knowledge of the federal administration and the asylum sector. She complemented her many years of experience in intercultural communication with a CAS in Systemic Counselling, which she has also used outside of international cooperation: as an advisor at BNF, a programme of the University of Bern, she supported job-seeking academics in their reintegration into the Swiss labour market.