nexcellence gmbh

Fabienne Sonderegger
Founder, Owner & Managing Director

We are dedicated to the topic of leadership succession. Our mission is to bring people and organisations together to jointly master the challenges of the present and the future, and to create positive as well as sustainable change.

 

nexcellence gmbh
Limmatquai 16
8001 Zurich
Switzerland

info@n-excellence.ch

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After finishing her Bachelor’s degree at the University of St. Gallen, Fabienne completed her studies with a Master’s degree in Law at the University of Zurich. While still a student, she entered the field of Consulting – first at a start-up and later at a Big Four. For almost ten years, Fabienne advised companies and institutions on good Corporate Governance and the topic of ethics and integrity in the workplace. She designed, implemented and reviewed Compliance Management Systems (CMS), gave lectures and delivered trainings – both for companies and at academic institutions, besides publishing.

Before starting her own business, Fabienne successfully led a project to hand over the family company in the third generation. In this context, she developed and executed a succession strategy by identifying opportunities and changing the leadership culture to build trust and create an inclusive environment for individual contributions and appropriate team dynamics. The goal was to move the company forward while preserving its core values.

Fabienne is a member of swissVR, Ethics and Compliance Switzerland as well as Transparency International and the PwC NextGen & YoungLeaders Club. She continues to be involved as an active board member in both family businesses.

Fabienne is passionate about enjoying life with her family and friends – preferably in combination with good food and wine, sports or in nature – be it hiking, skiing, or playing golf. She likes to explore restaurants, bars and cafés while traveling, and is interested in everything related to art, design, culture, and literature.

what we do

Leadership Advisory

nexcellence provides advisory services in the field of human resources –
in particular, the search, placement and development of
subject matter experts and dedicated leaders.

Executive Search/ Headhunting

With a bespoke search strategy, we help our clients across industries to identify, assess, and recruit the best candidates for operational and strategic leadership positions.

Board Advisory

We support boards of directors source and develop leadership talent - both on the board and in the context of CEO succession projects. nexcellence helps boards to address their needs concerning recruitment, diversity, and succession planning.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Convinced of the importance and the success of diversity, equity, and inclusion, we advise our clients on building and growing diverse, equal and inclusive teams.

what we do

FAMILY BUSINESSES & SMEs

We support owners as well as managers in developing and executing a strategy when it comes to the challenge of leadership succession across generations. By respecting the fact that this is an emotional undertaking, we work with different family members and relevant stakeholders to identify shared interests and establish a common ground for discussion.

With the support of our network, we offer expert knowledge and practical as well as longstanding experience in the following areas:

Ownership strategy

Successfully shaping the future of business
and family

Family governance

Reconciling corporate and family interests

Succession planning

Planning, structuring, and implementing
generational change

CEO succession

Search, onboarding, and transition
of leadership

WHY
WE ARE
HERE

We are committed to excellence when it comes to leadership and its transition. In today’s world of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, the stakes of every leadership decision are increasingly high.

Now more than ever, companies, organisations, and institutions need excellent leadership to secure their future existence and relevance.

We set out with the mission to help our clients navigating and mastering these challenges by identifying, assessing, and recruiting the talent and skills they need to build resilient and winning teams.

 

Bringing together people and organisations

Our mission is to bring people and organisations together to jointly master the challenges of the present and the future, and to bring about relevant change.

Developing talents based on expertise, experience, and personality

With a focus on building effective and efficient teams, our objective is to identify talents and to find the best fit for our client’s vacancies for operational and strategic leadership positions or specialist knowledge.

Realising potential

Fascinated by recognising, developing, and bringing to action personal and collective talent at the right place, we are committed to breaking stereotypes and conventions where they limit dreams, objectives and potential.

Driving diversity, equity and inclusion

We are convinced of the impact of people, leadership and culture on the success of any organisation. Strongly believing in the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion, we strive to build successful teams to master the challenges of today and tomorrow.

Managing leadership transition

In the context of managing leadership succession, we support our clients in assessing possible options within the family or company, and in identifying alternatives in consideration of the specific requirements and preconditions. In doing so, we take into account the emotionality of such a matter as well as personal needs and expectations of relevant stakeholders.

References

Roger Nellen, Nellen & Partner AG

«Our partnership with nexcellence is based on shared values
and a mutual commitment to excellent entrepreneurship,
contagious passion as well as trustworthy relationships.»

Nellen & Partner AG is an Executive Search and Headhunting boutique with a thirty year track record of identifying, assessing, and recruiting subject matter experts, management executives and board members.

nexcellence partners with Nellen & Partner in the field of Leadership Advisory services and the placement of Tax and Legal & Compliance professionals, board positions as well as CEO succession planning.

Alex Brennwald, Nachfolgepartner AG

«Nachfolgepartner actively invest in successful business models and leaders of integrity in the context of management buy-out (MBO) and management buy-in (MBI) transactions without term limits. nexcellence collaborates with Nachfolgepartner on the identification and realisation of succession projects - either in the context of a capital succession or the securing of an operational succession solution.»

WHAT SETS US APART

Excellence

We commit ourselves to the highest standards of professionalism in whatever we do. Our intention is to make a difference for our clients in terms of leadership and Corporate Governance, and to seize opportunities together with them.

Passion

We dedicate ourselves to the topic of leadership and its impact on any organisation. Convinced of the relevance and added value of our work, we are committed to supporting our clients and the talents we identify on their behalf in reaching their goals.

Resilience

We always look for opportunities, common ground and potential solutions in every challenge. We rely on our expertise and experience to help our clients and the talents that we seek for them. Working with clear objectives as well as ambition and determination, we do not quit before our job is done.

Trust

Trust requires commitment, responsibility and integrity. We build trust by a shared definition of what success means, and a firm commitment to achieve our common goal. Accepting full responsibility and accountability for our work, our objective is to not only assess skills and experience but to holistically understand candidates in their entirety and uniqueness.

Network

We seek to build and maintain trusted and long-term relationships. This includes clients, candidates as well as partners who support us in the delivery of projects with their dedicated expertise and experience. We focus on bringing people and companies together, and helping both to realise their full potential.

Impact

We set out with the mission to create positive and lasting change. Our objective is to identify and develop leaders with an awareness of the systemic challenges we are faced with, and a personal commitment to action and transformation. This includes our belief in the benefits of diverse and inclusive environments and decision-making, and the need to focus on culture and good governance.








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