Fabienne Larissa
Founder, Owner & Managing Director
We are dedicated to the topic of leadership succession. Our mission is to bring people and organisations together to jointly master the challenges of the present and the future, and to create positive as well as sustainable change.
nexcellence gmbh
Limmatquai 16
8001 Zurich
Switzerland
info@n-excellence.ch
After finishing her Bachelor’s degree at the University of St. Gallen, Fabienne completed her studies with a Master’s degree in Law at the University of Zurich. While still a student, she entered the field of Consulting – first at a start-up and later at a Big Four. For almost ten years, Fabienne advised companies and institutions on good Corporate Governance and the topic of ethics and integrity in the workplace. She designed, implemented and reviewed Compliance Management Systems (CMS), gave lectures and delivered trainings – both for companies and at academic institutions, besides publishing.
Before starting her own business, Fabienne successfully led a project to hand over the family company in the third generation. In this context, she developed and executed a succession strategy by identifying opportunities and changing the leadership culture to build trust and create an inclusive environment for individual contributions and appropriate team dynamics. The goal was to move the company forward while preserving its core values.
Fabienne is a member of swissVR, Ethics and Compliance Switzerland as well as Transparency International and the PwC NextGen & YoungLeaders Club. She continues to be involved as an active board member in both family businesses.
Fabienne is passionate about enjoying life with her family and friends – preferably in combination with good food and wine, sports or in nature – be it hiking, skiing, or playing golf. She likes to explore restaurants, bars and cafés while traveling, and is interested in everything related to art, design, culture, and literature.
what we do
Leadership Advisory
nexcellence provides advisory services in the field of human resources –
in particular, the search, placement and development of
subject matter experts and dedicated leaders.
Executive Search/ Headhunting
With a bespoke search strategy, we help our clients to identify, assess, and recruit the best candidates for operational and strategic leadership positions.
Board Advisory
We support boards of directors source and develop leadership talent - both on the board and in the context of CEO succession projects. nexcellence helps boards to address their needs concerning recruitment, diversity, and succession planning.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Convinced of the importance and the success of diversity, equity, and inclusion, we advise our clients on building and growing diverse, equal and inclusive teams.
what we do
FAMILY BUSINESSES & SMEs
We support entrepreneurs, business owners and boards in developing and executing a strategy when it comes to the challenge of leadership succession across generations.
By respecting the fact that this is an emotional undertaking, we work with family members and relevant stakeholders to understand the specific situation, identify shared interests and establish common ground for discussion.
With the support of our specialist network, we offer expert knowledge and longstanding experience in the following areas:
Ownership strategy
Successfully shaping the future of business
and family
Family governance
Reconciling corporate and family interests
Succession planning
Planning, structuring, and implementing
generational change
CEO succession
Search, onboarding, and transition
of leadership
WHY
WE ARE
HERE
We are committed to excellence when it comes to leadership and its transition. In today’s world of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, the stakes of every leadership decision are increasingly high.
Now more than ever, companies, organisations, and institutions need excellent leadership to secure their future existence and relevance.
We set out with the mission to help our clients navigating and mastering these challenges by identifying, assessing, and recruiting the talent and skills they need to build resilient and winning teams.
Bringing together people and organisations
Our mission is to bring people and organisations together to jointly master the challenges of the present and the future, and to bring about relevant change.
Developing talents
With a focus on building effective and efficient teams, our objective is to identify best talents and to find the ideal fit for our client’s vacancies for operational and strategic leadership positions or specialist knowledge.
Realising potential
Fascinated by recognising, developing, and bringing to action personal and collective talent in the right place, we are committed to breaking stereotypes and conventions where they limit dreams, objectives, and potential.
Driving diversity, equity and inclusion
We are convinced of the impact of people, leadership and culture on the success of any organisation. Strongly believing in the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion, we strive to build resilient and successful teams to address the systemic challenges we are faced with.
Managing leadership transition
In the context of managing leadership succession, we support entrepreneurs and family businesses to achieve long-term and sustainable solutions in strategic and operational leadership and governance matters. In doing so, we take into account the emotionality of such a matter as well as personal needs and expectations of relevant stakeholders.
References
Roger Nellen, Nellen & Partner AG
«Our partnership with nexcellence is based on shared values
and a mutual commitment to excellent entrepreneurship,
contagious passion as well as trustworthy relationships.»
Nellen & Partner AG is an Executive Search and Headhunting boutique with a thirty year track record of identifying, assessing, and recruiting subject matter experts, management executives and board members.
nexcellence partners with Nellen & Partner in the field of Leadership Advisory services and the placement of Tax and Legal & Compliance professionals, board positions as well as CEO succession planning.
Alex Brennwald, Nachfolgepartner AG
«Nachfolgepartner actively invest in successful business models and leaders of integrity in the context of management buy-out (MBO) and management buy-in (MBI) transactions without term limits. nexcellence collaborates with Nachfolgepartner on the identification and realisation of succession projects - either in the context of a capital succession or the securing of an operational succession solution.»
Alex Brennwald, Nachfolgepartner AG
«Nachfolgepartner actively invest in successful business models and leaders of integrity in the context of management buy-out (MBO) and management buy-in (MBI) transactions without term limits. nexcellence collaborates with Nachfolgepartner on the identification and realisation of succession projects - either in the context of a capital succession or the securing of an operational succession solution.»
WHAT SETS US APART
Excellence
Passion
Resilience
Trust
Network
Impact
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