A team that makes
leadership and career
future-ready.
Sandra Schnyder
Founder & CEO
Sandra Schnyder is the Founder and CEO of Shaperion AG and advises Investors, Chairs, CEOs and Senior Executives on Board and Executive Search, succession planning, portfolio careers and leadership effectiveness. With more than 25 years of experience in executive leadership, banking, human resources, executive search and executive coaching, she combines strategic clarity, cultural precision and modern, AI‑enabled diagnostics to deliver a highly effective advisory approach for organisations navigating transformation.
Before founding Shaperion, she worked with Spencer Stuart and spent over twelve years in senior leadership roles at UBS. There, she was responsible for People Development and Sales Excellence for Personal Banking Switzerland, led the national social plan during the financial crisis, and shaped the organisation’s redeployment culture, international mobility, career advisory and lifelong learning agenda. As one of the first internal Executive Coaches at the UBS Business University, she supported key talents, senior executives and leadership teams through complex development and transformation processes.
Today, she is recognised as a first mover in the use of AI‑enabled competency and leadership analytics that make entrepreneurial effectiveness, cultural fit and reputational factors measurable. Through Shaperion, she supports listed companies, investors and C‑level leaders in building future‑ready succession pools, managing CEO transitions with confidence and developing impactful portfolio careers.
Sandra holds a degree in Business Administration (FH) and an Executive Master in Human Resources, complemented by several CAS programmes in career coaching, process consulting and management training. She is a certified B Leader by B Lab and a Swiss Coaching Association coach with a focus on individual psychology. She has completed executive education for CEOs and board members at the University of St. Gallen, as well as “Leading in the Digital Age” and “Sustainability for Boards” programmes at IMD Lausanne. She works in German, English and French
Dorie Massumi
Senior Executive Coach & Trainer
Dorie Massumi started her professional career in banking and focused her further career steps on the areas of human resources, coaching and consulting. After ten years of professional experience in human resources management and leadership, she decided to focus her work on the areas of career development, executive coaching as well as outplacement and new placement
As a senior career coach, executive coach and trainer, she brings ten years of expertise in international companies to the table.
Following her master’s degree in human resources at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Dorie Massumi completed various further training courses in coaching and consulting. Her profile is rounded off by further training to become a certified Marshall Goldsmith, Stakeholder Centered Leadership Coach and Certified Trainer. The philosophy of her coaching work known as «Courage» and her motto «take the courage to move forward» flow into her work. She also conveys «Courage» to broad circles via an online platform. Dorie Massumi is bilingual (German, English).
Hans-Rudolf Wohlwend
Senior Executive Coach, Case Manager & Mediator
Hans-Rudolf Wohlwend is endowed with well-founded and extensive experience in corporate psychosocial counseling as well as in crisis and case management. He worked as a consultant for five years in the public sector (Cantonal Justice Directorate and Psychiatric University Clinic) before moving to the private sector.
For almost thirty years, he has been working as a social counselor at large Swiss companies in the banking and insurance sectors, most recently as ombudsman and head of «Social Care Consulting & Health». His tasks include the provision of in-house advice in conflict-ridden areas involving different interests. In addition, he develops projects to reduce psychosocial risks based on SECO guidelines. Under his leadership, important issues were developed and implemented as an integral part of the personnel policy of his employers.
After completing his training at the University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) as a social worker FH, Hans-Rudolf Wohlwend completed various further trainings in the areas of social psychology FHH, coaching and conflict management (Glasl). He is a certified mediator DM (Munich) with a focus on business mediation. For several years, he held a periodic mandate as a lecturer at the ZHAW on the subject of «livelihood security and corporate social work». He is also in demand as a speaker for advanced training courses and specialist conferences (Hohenegg Clinic, C. G. Jung Institute). He takes on mandates in German and English.
Team member from 1.1.2021
Antoinette Anderegg
Trainer, Image Consultant & Senior Coach for Non-Verbal Communication
Antoinette Anderegg started her second professional career at the age of 42 as a freelance trainer, consultant and coach for image management and non-verbal communication.
Today, 22 years later, she is a renowned body language expert and co-director of the institute «nonverbales.ch».
With her experience, she supports managers and their employees. Her training courses are highly valued in SMEs, universities of applied sciences and international companies. Among other things, she interpreted the body language of speakers on the political program «Arena» for Swiss television. Antoinette Anderegg sees herself as a «decoder». She decodes the «codes» of non-verbal signals conveyed through the body and clothing. In addition, she teaches the interpretation and application of socially relevant codes of business etiquette, but also small talk.
After studying art, Antoinette Anderegg completed her training in body pedagogy, body expression and counseling skills. In 2011 she completed a five-year training course in «reading body language» with a diploma. She is a member and examination expert at the Swiss Association for Nonverbal Specialists. Her profile is rounded off by further training in the areas of performance skills, theater, rhetoric, color and style advice as well as neuroscience. One of Antoinette Anderegg’s favorite statements is: «The human is a being who communicates on many levels and who sometimes also speaks.» Antoinette Anderegg works bilingually (German, French).
Other employees
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Head of Reception Haus Gryffenberg
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