On 21 June 2022, GEO was pleased to host attendees at GEO's Swiss Romandie Chapter Meeting. Thank you to everyone who attended, as well as to our speakers and event sponsors for their support. Stay tuned for more information on upcoming activities in the Swiss Romandie region. PAST CHAPTER EVENTS
Highlights from 21 June 2022 GEO's Swiss Romandie Chapter Meeting 2022 TOPICS ESG and Compensation: What are the key trends? And what technical tools are best to administer, account for, and report on complex performance conditions? - Issuer only lunch and session with topics proposed by the attendees, moderated by Evelyne Franceschi-Kuhn and Fabian Vidal
- All GEO Members and guests: Summary of the topics discussed in the issuer meeting presented by the issuers
- ESG and Compensation: What are the key trends? And what technical tools are best to administer, account for, and report on complex performance conditions? Moderated by Michael Ketz, CEO & Founder, ShareForce 360 (Pty) Limited
Samuel Leder, Senior Consultant, HCM
Gabe Shawn Varges, Senior Partner, HCM - Apéro: The apéro will be sponsored by EY
Highlights from 29 June 2021 GEO's Swiss Romandie Chapter Hybrid Event 2021 TOPICS - Issuer only session with topics proposed by the attendees, moderated by Evelyne Franceschi-Kuhn and Suzanne Voirol
- All GEO Members and guests: Summary of the topics discussed in the issuer meeting presented by the issuers
- Token awards: The new era of equity-based compensation presented by Tyler Huff / David Bakk from KPMG and an issuer
- Hybrid apéro: all virtual participants organised their own drink to have a joint webex-toast and free discussion afterward. The apéro for the in-person attendees was sponsored by KPMG.
Highlights from 03 December 2020 GEO's Swiss Romandie Chapter Meeting TOPICS
Issuer only session with topics proposed by the attendees, moderated by Evelyne Franceschi-Kuhn and Suzanne Voirol All GEO Members and guests: Summary of the topics discussed in the issuer meeting presented by the issuers Outlook 2021 and impact of Covid-19 on Swiss companies’ compensation presented by Nadine Balmer and Gabe Shawn Varges from HCM Virtual Apéro: all participants organised their own drink to have a joint webex-toast and free discussion afterward
Highlights from 30 January 2020 GEO's Swiss Romandie and DACH Chapters New Year Reception To celebrate the New Year and to discuss new ideas for the coming year, we made reservations for a New Year’s reception in Zurich. The event was a social happening with no technical program but a lot of time to meet and network. The reception was held at 30th January starting 17.30 in Zurich at the Time-Lounge in Zurich main Station. We met at the above location to have some appetiser and drinks followed by an optional dinner. The appetisers were sponsored by Mercer and SSIP.
Highlights from 04 June 2019 GEO's Swiss Romandie Chapter Meeting TOPICS
Issuer only session with topics proposed by the attendees
Presented by:
Evelyne Franceschi-Kuhn
Suzanne Voirol Intelligent Automation for Total Rewards
Presented by:
Stephan Pohl, COO, beqom Balancing Tensions and Innovating: The Future of LTIs
Presented by:
Olga Beregova, Partner, HCM International How can we leverage from technology in equity programs?
Presentation from Roche followed by a plenary discussion on how companies are embarking on digitalization in different ways and speeds.
Presented by:
Annika Trick, Roche
Discussion Moderated by:
Evelyne Franceschi-Kuhn
Suzanne Voirol LTI for non-listed companies: hurdles and opportunities
Presented by:
Radmilla Del Pozzo, EY
Michael Sterchi, SSIP
Highlights from 24 January 2019 Swiss Romandie and DACH Chapters New Year Reception To celebrate the New Year and to discuss new ideas for the coming year, we made reservations for a New Year’s reception in Zurich. The event was a social happening with no technical program but a lot of time to meet and network. The reception was held at 24th January starting 17 30 in Zurich at the Time-Lounge in Zurich main Station. We met at the above location to have some appetiser and drinks following by an optional dinner. The appetisers were sponsored by Mercer and SSIP.
Highlights from 05 June 2018 GEO's Swiss Romandie Chapter Meeting TOPICS
Issuer-Only Meeting
Roundtable Open topics of general interest proposed by the issuers
Presented by:
Eveline Franceschi-Kuhn, Nestlé
Suzanne Voirol, PMI Welcome and GEO Survey Update
Welcome and Update on the GEO global survey results focusing on performance
Presented by:
Mike Rothery, Equatex AG
Michael Sterchi, Seematter & Sterchi Incentive Plans AG Market Trends in Switzerland
Market Trends in Switzerland on a) Clawbacks and b) LTIPs
Presented by:
Gabe Shawn Varges, HCM Hostettler & Company The Evolution of the Nestlé Performance Share Plan
Case Study
Presented by:
Eveline Franceschi-Kuhn, Nestlé Performance Plans: A View of Silicon Valley
Presented by:
Debbie Tsoi-A-Sue
Highlights from 25 January 2018 GEO's Swiss Romandie Chapter Social Reception in Zürich To celebrate the New Year and to discuss new ideas for the coming year, we hosted a social reception in Zürich, where we had time to meet and network, as well as plan for our 2018 activities. Our program started with hors d'oeuvres and drinks followed by an optional dinner.
Highlights from 19 September 2017 GEO's Swiss Romandie Chapter Half-Day Event TOPIC
Plenum Presentation and Q&A for Providers and Issuers - LTI plan transitioning in case of M&A based on the Actelion and Johnson&Johnson example held by Markus Seppäla from Actelion
- Discussion about how different issuers are drawing participants’ attention to the consequences of the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEoI) moderated by Eveline Eveline Franceschi-Kuhn from Nestlé
Highlights from 13 July 2017 GEO's Swiss Romandie Chapter Webcast TOPIC
Automatic Exchange of Information: Impact on reporting and administration of employee share plans
In this webinar we gave a general overview of the new rules implemented for the automatic exchange of information (AEol) and a road map of when and how this will be implemented in the various jurisdictions.
For cross boarder employees and especially for international equity plan participants these rules will also have an impact. Based on examples, we highlighted possible impacts and responsibilities you as an employer might have and also discussed questions from participants you might be confronted with.
Presented by:
Moderation Q&A: Eveline Franceschi-Kuhn, Nestlé
Moderator: Michael Sterchi, GEO board member
Presenter: Philipp Zünd, KPMG View the Webcast (Flash player required).
Highlights from 29 September 2016 GEO's Swiss Romandie Chapter Meeting TOPICS
Givaudan Activities
The evolution of the plans over the past years at Givaudan.
Presented by:
Fabian Vidal, Givaudan Communication of LTI Plans
Case studies
Presented by:
Simone Schmitt-Schillig, Unequity GmbH Communication of LTI Plans
Including a sample communication video and open discussion and sharing the communication of LTIPs experience.
Presented by:
Eveline Franceschi-Kuhn, Nestle
Fabian Vidal, Givaudan
Suzanne Voirol, PMI GEO Global Conference Update and Outlook
Presented by:
Markus Seppala, Actelion
Michael Sterchi, KPMG
Highlights from 23 June 2016 GEO's Swiss Romandie Chapter Meeting TOPIC
Demystifying Fair Value and TSR in LTI Plans
The GEO Romandie was delighted to present a webinar aimed at taking the mystery out of the notions of fair value and total shareholder return in long-term incentive plans.
This multi-industry event was introduced by GEO Romandie Board Member, Gabe Shawn Varges, and presented by Stephan Hostettler and Istvan Lajtai of HCM in Zürich and Geneva. They addressed the subject in an interactive session designed for participants to ask questions.
Presented by:
Stephan Hostettler, HCM
Istvan Lajtai, HCM
GEO's Highlights from 8 October 2015 GEO's Swiss Romandie Chapter Meeting AGENDA
The agenda of our 2nd GEO Romandie Chapter Meeting at PMI in Lausanne covered the following sessions: Insights out of the Swiss AGM season - how companies are dealing with new regulation on executive compensation and how shareholders impact LTI design - Welcome by Suzanne Voirol, Philip Morris International
- Introduction to Philip Morris Equity Plans
- Equity plans and Swiss reporting – typical challenges, lessons learned from 2013 and 2014
- Equity plans and Cross Border cases – rules, challenges, sharing experiences
- Equity plans - Brief update on global news
Highlights from 7 May 2015 GEO's Swiss Romandie Chapter Meeting TOPICS
Pay-for-Performance
HCM study covering 250 listed companies globally, including companies from Switzerland – showing the implications of the data for understanding the relationship between executive compensation and company performance
Presented by:
Gabe Shawn Varges, HCM
Istvan Lajtai, HCM 2015 Swiss AGM Season
Insights out of the Swiss AGM season - how companies are dealing with new regulation on executive compensation and how shareholders impact LTI design.
Presented by:
Britta Schmitt, EY
Justin Szwaja, EY | 
