Leadership
Our philosophy centers on the crucial role people play in contributing to organization’s success. Optimis’ people are incredible assets, just as they are in your organisation. Our dedicated leadership team strives to exceed our clients’ expectations by providing exceptional consultants and sound governance of our mandates. We are committed to developing long-term, strategic client relationships.
To backup our philosophy, we dedicate one of our Senior Partners as the main contact for each of our clients.
Our Senior Partners:
Laurent Jaquenoud, Partner
Laurent Jaquenoud brings over 20 years experience in various management positions with executive HR responsibilities. He worked 10 years with the Tetra Pak Group where he developed strong HR strategic and operational experience as well as leadership, change & project management skills. He was a key contributor to the top HR Management in the definition and the implementation of HR sub-strategies such as Competence Development, Performance Management. He was head of HR Information Systems and selected the group e-HR solution.He was then Tetra Pak HR Director for the south-east Asia region (8 countries, 1500 employees) based in Bangkok/Thailand, where he implemented all HRM related strategies, policies and processes in the region. Read More…
Michael Hathorn, Partner
Michael has significant experience in leadership positions in industry and public sector enterprises. At Capital International in Geneva, a privately held investment management company, he founded and headed the Training and Organisation Development function for the European businesses. In his role as Group Director of Leadership and OD at TNT in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Michael served on the HR Strategy Council and drove key strategic initiatives in the area of HR Transformation, established a Change Management center of Expertise and developed the Leadership and Learning Framework for the top 500 executives. In the public sector, he is a contributor to the World Business Council on Sustainable Development and donates his time to a variety of professionals. Read More….
