National Board For Switzerland

Jessica is passionate about developing young leaders to be able to shape a sustainable future together. An engineer by training, Jessica has been involved in many leadership roles supporting young people, from her early involvement in the Youth Sport Trust, a Charitable organisation in the UK, through university, to GenerationB (an employee driven movement at Bühler AG).

Jessica was an International Management Trainee at Bühler Group in Switzerland, working in a variety of project management roles from innovation in Rice Milling to process management in Logistics. She currently works 50% of her time driving the sustainability program in Manufacturing, Logistics and Supply Chain at Bühler Group. 

Jessica became a One Young World Ambassador at the 2019 summit in London and was energised by the potential that exists in connecting and exposing the private sector with leaders who are driving social change. Having successfully organised 3 Caucuses in Switzerland, including the official launch of the Switzerland National Board in June 2022.

With the support of the OYW Ambassadors in Switzerland, and a brilliant board, Jessica is excited about driving positive action.

In May 2023, One Young World National Board Switzerland hosted the ‘Shaking up the Status Quo’ event in Lausanne, empowering organisations to drive sustainable change. Bringing together changemakers, senior stakeholders and organisations, the event investigated the three key themes of Mental Health, Climate Action and Cross-Sector Collaboration.