Biography
Viviyanti is an active Entrepreneur, owner of a retail business since 2004. She has over 15 years of experience in founding and developing fashion retail businesses, offline and online, with more than 200 shops in Indonesia.
She graduated from Maranatha Christian University in Bandung, Indonesia with BSc. In Civil Engineering, in 1997. She decided to get her fashion business nationwide and moved to Jakarta, invited her siblings to help and participate. With a bigger team, within 6 years, she opened more than 150 additional shops.
Along the way, in 2009, she also started a different line, again in Fashion, bags and shoes for younger generations. After several concept trials with 12 shops, new brand became financially successful. Within four years, she opened 45 shops and 100 department store stands.
She established her two warehouses in China, in Jiaxing and Guangzhou, which support her merchandise requirements.
In 2019, she was invited to Alibaba Entrepreneur Seminar in Hangzhou, where she was introduced to way of Alibaba Groups operations and ideals.
Since 2016, she lives in Switzerland and launched 2 restaurants in Geneva with her husband and three children. Of Indonesian nationality, she speaks Indonesian and English.
Biography
Max has is 30 years of experience as Executive Director and Business Consultant for companies and manufactures in China. He is active in the management of companies in Australia and China. Since 2007 he is the RPGroup Director in China, responsible for PO execution, merchandise QC, Warehouse, Logistics operation.
Of Australian nationality, he studied at Shanghai JiaoTong University (BEngSci) and was Post graduated in Applied Finance and Ivestmenet by The Securities Institute of Australia. He was then appointed Project Engineer and moves his career in the finance becoming an Equity and Derivatives Adviser
Of Australian nationality Max is living and working in Shanghai. He is fluent in English and Chinese.
Biography
Esther is acting since 2018 as Marketing & Operation Director for a Sino-Swiss medical and healthcare management company headquartered in Geneva. With her keen understanding of eastern and western culture, she serves to effectively coordinate diverse entities, bringing them together for mutual success. With a marketing background she worked for different industries and gained a wealth of knowledge in promoting “brand essence” as part of meeting business objectives. She is in charge of organizing high profile PR events, including product launches, showroom openings, VIP events and dealer summits.
Biography
Anne-Laure is a Swiss entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in the management of companies and foundations. Specialized in corporate governance and organizational efficiency, she helps companies in any domain to define their strategy, recruit and coordinate the best teams to improve global performance. Since 15 years she is financial controller and legal advisor of a Chinese manufactory active in the PPE industry. She managed its referencing and EU entry market by facilitating CE registration of products.
She is dynamic, efficient and result oriented. Based in Geneva she speaks French, English and Spanish.
Biography
Mr. Zwahlen is from Switzerland and holds an MBA from Rutgers State University in New Jersey. He is fluent in French, English and Chinese. Since entering China as the Chief Financial Officer of Nestlé (Tianjin) in 1993, he has lived and worked in China and Asia for nearly 30 years. During this period, with the strong business cooperation network he established and operated, Mr. Zwahlen built a communication bridge between entrepreneurs, investors and government organizations in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and successfully introduced and promoted hundreds of the landing and vigorous development of several European companies in China.
Biography
Maria leads company business development with the main goal to grow and scale up company business models keeping long-term vision and strategic balance.
In addition to her current role, Maria is an experienced entrepreneur with international experiences in the B2C retail industry, real estate investments and knowledge in different businesses and life aspects.
Beyond business, Maria is an advocate for animals and nature protection, member of PRO Natura and other initiatives that help changing the human habits, think and turn to our global home – our planet.
Viviyanti Tolgay
CEO & Founder
Mob. +41 79 539 64 49
Email: v.tolgay@philomodee.ch
WeChat ID: Vivitolgay
Biography
Viviyanti is an active Entrepreneur, owner of a retail business since 2004. She has over 15 years of experience in founding and developing fashion retail businesses, offline and online, with more than 200 shops in Indonesia.
She graduated from Maranatha Christian University in Bandung, Indonesia with BSc. In Civil Engineering, in 1997. She decided to get her fashion business nationwide and moved to Jakarta, invited her siblings to help and participate. With a bigger team, within 6 years, she opened more than 150 additional shops.
Along the way, in 2009, she also started a different line, again in Fashion, bags and shoes for younger generations. After several concept trials with 12 shops, new brand became financially successful. Within four years, she opened 45 shops and 100 department store stands.
She established her two warehouses in China, in Jiaxing and Guangzhou, which support her merchandise requirements.
In 2019, she was invited to Alibaba Entrepreneur Seminar in Hangzhou, where she was introduced to way of Alibaba Groups operations and ideals.
Since 2016, she lives in Switzerland and launched 2 restaurants in Geneva with her husband and three children. Of Indonesian nationality, she speaks Indonesian and English.
Anne-Laure Héritier
Deputy CEO
Mob: +41 79 561 49 70
Email: al.heritier@philomodee.ch
WeChat ID: annelaureheritier
Biography
Anne-Laure is a Swiss entrepreneur with 20 years of experience in the management of companies and foundations. Specialized in corporate governance and organizational efficiency, she helps companies in any domain to define their strategy, recruit and coordinate the best teams to improve global performance. Since 15 years she is financial controller and legal advisor of a Chinese manufactory active in the PPE industry. She managed its referencing and EU entry market by facilitating CE registration of products.
She is dynamic, efficient and result oriented. Based in Geneva she speaks French, English and Spanish.
Max LIN (Miao)
China Representative
Biography
Max has is 30 years of experience as Executive Director and Business Consultant for companies and manufactures in China. He is active in the management of companies in Australia and China. Since 2007 he is the RPGroup Director in China, responsible for PO execution, merchandise QC, Warehouse, Logistics operation.
Of Australian nationality, he studied at Shanghai JiaoTong University (BEngSci) and was Post graduated in Applied Finance and Ivestmenet by The Securities Institute of Australia. He was then appointed Project Engineer and moves his career in the finance becoming an Equity and Derivatives Adviser
Of Australian nationality Max is living and working in Shanghai. He is fluent in English and Chinese.
Philippe Zwahlen
Executive Advisor
Email: philippe@zwahlen.biz
WeChat ID : pz13916302289
Biography
Mr. Zwahlen is from Switzerland and holds an MBA from Rutgers State University in New Jersey. He is fluent in French, English and Chinese. Since entering China as the Chief Financial Officer of Nestlé (Tianjin) in 1993, he has lived and worked in China and Asia for nearly 30 years. During this period, with the strong business cooperation network he established and operated, Mr. Zwahlen built a communication bridge between entrepreneurs, investors and government organizations in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and successfully introduced and promoted hundreds of the landing and vigorous development of several European companies in China.
Esther Zwahlen
Brand Coordinator for China
Dually based in
Swiss Mob. : +41 79 887 5501 Chinese Mob. : +86 138 1710 7323
Email: e.zwahlen@philomodee.ch
WeChat ID: abbyueling2011
Biography
Esther is acting since 2018 as Marketing & Operation Director for a Sino-Swiss medical and healthcare management company headquartered in Geneva. With her keen understanding of eastern and western culture, she serves to effectively coordinate diverse entities, bringing them together for mutual success. With a marketing background she worked for different industries and gained a wealth of knowledge in promoting “brand essence” as part of meeting business objectives. She is in charge of organizing high profile PR events, including product launches, showroom openings, VIP events and dealer summits.
Maria Martinez
Partner, VP Business Development
Mob. : +41 78 614 04 40
Email: m.martinez@philomodee.ch
WeChat:Mariaswiss
Biography
Maria leads company business development with the main goal to grow and scale up company business models keeping long-term vision and strategic balance.
In addition to her current role, Maria is an experienced entrepreneur with international experiences in the B2C retail industry, real estate investments and knowledge in different businesses and life aspects.
Beyond business, Maria is an advocate for animals and nature protection, member of PRO Natura and other initiatives that help changing the human habits, think and turn to our global home – our planet.