Strong performers 

Accen­ture is a glo­bal con­sul­ting firm that hel­ps the world’s lea­ding com­pa­nies, governments and other orga­ni­sa­ti­ons build their digi­tal busi­ness core, opti­mi­se ope­ra­ti­ons, acce­le­ra­te reve­nue growth and impro­ve public ser­vices – quick­ly deli­vering tan­gi­ble value. We are a talent and inno­va­ti­on-dri­ven com­pa­ny with more than half a mil­li­on employees ser­ving custo­mers in more than 120 coun­tries. Tech­no­lo­gy is at the heart of the trans­for­ma­ti­on we dri­ve as one of the world’s lea­ding com­pa­nies with strong part­nerships in our eco­sy­stem. We com­bi­ne our tech­no­lo­gi­cal exper­ti­se with exten­si­ve indu­stry expe­ri­ence, func­tio­n­al exper­ti­se and glo­bal exe­cu­ti­on capa­bi­li­ties. Our broad ran­ge of ser­vices, solu­ti­ons and resour­ces across Stra­te­gy & Con­sul­ting, Tech­no­lo­gy, Ope­ra­ti­ons, Indu­stry X and Accen­ture Song enab­le us to deli­ver tan­gi­ble results. Through our com­mit­ment to 360° value crea­ti­on, we help our cli­ents suc­ce­ed and build long-term rela­ti­ons­hips based on trust. We mea­su­re our suc­cess by the value we crea­te for our cli­ents, our share­hol­ders, our part­ners and the wider com­mu­ni­ty. Visit us at www.accenture.ch

Migros Indu­strie is part of the Swiss-based Migros Group, and com­pri­ses more than 20 com­pa­nies in Switz­er­land and abroad. Migros is Switzerland’s lar­gest retailer and one of the big­gest pro­du­cers of own-brand pro­ducts in the world. It sup­plies more than 20,000 high-qua­li­ty food and non-food items at gre­at pri­ces, deli­vering out­stan­ding value for its custo­mers. Migros Indu­strie, the indu­stri­al arm of Migros Group, con­sist­ent­ly sets the trend in its mar­kets, pro­vi­ding wide a ran­ge of inno­va­ti­ve pro­ducts and ser­vices. Pro­du­cing pri­va­te-label pro­ducts is a major part of its core busi­ness. The pro­ducts are all made in Switz­er­land to the hig­hest stan­dards, and are sold in appro­xi­mate­ly 50 coun­tries. Migros Indu­strie can count a num­ber of big-name mul­ti­na­tio­nal cor­po­ra­ti­ons among its customers.

Post­Fi­nan­ce is an inno­va­ti­on-dri­ven finan­cial ser­vices pro­vi­der that offers its 2.6 mil­li­on custo­mers fresh money solu­ti­ons. Every day, around 3,630 employees work towards PostFinance’s goals and help peop­le and com­pa­nies in Switz­er­land to master the chal­len­ges of the digi­tal world. We live a cul­tu­re in which we see new things as oppor­tu­nities and rely on cou­ra­ge­ous doers. Becau­se for us, peop­le are at the cent­re, regard­less of what they like to do, whe­re they come from, what they belie­ve in and with whom they live. We play at the same level. Top ath­le­tes bring with them a uni­que mind­set, valu­able expe­ri­ence and spe­cial skills that can be opti­mal­ly inte­gra­ted into our cul­tu­re. That’s why we are hap­py to sup­port them as they embark on their care­ers after sport – so both sides bene­fit from this partnership.

Sun­ri­se is Switzerland’s big­gest pri­va­te-sec­tor com­mu­ni­ca­ti­ons com­pa­ny, sup­ply­ing mobi­le, inter­net, TV and land­li­ne ser­vices to dome­stic and busi­ness custo­mers. At Sun­ri­se, we are pas­sio­na­te, bold, and ope­ra­te as one team, making us a per­fect fit for Ath­le­tes Network.

We belie­ve our part­nership with Ath­le­tes Net­work per­fect­ly com­ple­ments our wide-ran­ging sup­port for sports, as well as allo­wing us to bene­fit from the expe­ri­ence of top ath­le­tes as they tran­si­ti­on to their new careers.

SWICA is a health insu­rer based in Win­ter­thur. It insu­res around 1.5 mil­li­on poli­cy­hol­ders across Switz­er­land and works with a total of 27,199 cor­po­ra­te cli­ents all over the coun­try. Its pro­ducts and ser­vices are tailo­red for com­pa­nies and indi­vi­du­als ali­ke and pro­vi­de com­pre­hen­si­ve coverage for tre­at­ment costs and loss of ear­nings if you fall ill or have an acci­dent. The SWICA Group cur­r­ent­ly employs around 1,990 staff at appro­xi­mate­ly 50 sites. SWICA finis­hed top of custo­mer satis­fac­tion sur­veys in both 2020 and 2021 – a per­for­mance that stands as testa­ment to its peop­le. They are always rea­dy to go the extra mile and are cru­cial to the suc­cess of the company.

‘The health insuran­ce indu­stry is com­plex, and requi­res a gre­at deal of spe­cia­list know­ledge. We pro­vi­de our employees with more than 50 inter­nal trai­ning modu­les, as well as generous sup­port for pro­fes­sio­nal deve­lo­p­ment. You can’t teach spi­rit, but you can teach exper­ti­se.’ – Chri­stoph Stä­he­li, Head of HR at SWICA.

We are the lea­ding part­ner for inve­stors who want to invest or are inve­sted in the real estate mar­ket. The pro­duct ran­ge inclu­des funds (open-ended and clo­sed-ended), man­da­tes, invest­ment foun­da­ti­ons, bonds and the Swiss Prime Site share. Swiss Prime Site thus covers the enti­re inve­stor spec­trum from pri­va­te inve­stors to insti­tu­tio­nal inve­stors. With real estate assets under manage­ment of around CHF 20 bil­li­on, Swiss Prime Site is one of the lea­ding real estate com­pa­nies in Euro­pe. The Swiss Prime Site Group com­pri­ses the Group com­pa­nies Swiss Prime Site Immo­bi­li­en (real estate port­fo­lio), Swiss Prime Site Solu­ti­ons (fund manage­ment and real estate asset manage­ment for third-par­ty cli­ents), Win­ca­sa (real estate manage­ment for Swiss Prime Site Immo­bi­li­en, Swiss Prime Site Solu­ti­ons and third-par­ty cli­ents) and Jel­mo­li (omnich­an­nel pre­mi­um depart­ment store).

We are con­vin­ced of the con­cept and poten­ti­al of the part­nership with Ath­le­tes Net­work and are very plea­sed to now app­ly the network’s inspi­ring mind­set – visi­on, ambi­ti­on, per­se­ver­an­ce, to name but a few – across the Group.

Uni­ver­si­ty Hospi­tal Zurich stands out thanks to its peop­le-focu­sed approach, its high level of spe­cia­list exper­ti­se, and its posi­ti­on at the cut­ting edge of the latest research.

With over 5,600 staff from across the medi­cal pro­fes­si­ons, USZ gua­ran­tees its pati­ents com­pre­hen­si­ve and bes­po­ke tre­at­ment across the full ran­ge of medi­cal disci­pli­nes. The hospi­tal also employs around 2,700 non-medi­cal staff in various sup­port roles, inclu­ding finan­ce, IT, faci­li­ty manage­ment and catering.

‘The part­nership with the Ath­le­tes Net­work is a win-win situa­ti­on. The ath­le­tes bene­fit from it, and it opens up lots of inte­re­sting oppor­tu­nities for us as a part­ner. The part­nership is also a gre­at fit for the rela­ti­ons­hips USZ alrea­dy has with other orga­ni­sa­ti­ons in the world of sport.’

Zurich Switz­er­land is tea­ming up with Ath­le­tes Net­work. As an inno­va­ti­ve orga­ni­sa­ti­on, Zurich is keen to sup­port top ath­le­tes in their tran­si­ti­on to their second care­er.
Working in part­nership with Ath­le­tes Net­work, Zurich gives for­mer eli­te ath­le­tes the oppor­tu­ni­ty to estab­lish them­sel­ves in a new and dif­fe­rent field, and to take on exci­ting chal­len­ges in the world of insurance.

Zurich belie­ves that the uni­que mind­set cul­ti­va­ted by top ath­le­tes over their care­ers is an asset to the com­pa­ny, its employees, its custo­mers and its part­ners. We won’t let it to go to waste.

Blick reports on ever­ything that moves peop­le in Switz­er­land – clear, cou­ra­ge­ous, ground­brea­king, clo­se. Through gre­at rese­arch, gre­at sto­ries, even in places whe­re others do not dare to go. Sin­ce its foun­da­ti­on in 1959, Blick has beco­me the stron­gest media brand in Switz­er­land. Blick rea­ches its users online at Blick.ch and in the Blick app. Blick TV is the first digi­tal chan­nel in Switz­er­land. Sin­ce 2021, Blick has been pre­sent in French-spea­king Switz­er­land with a French-lan­guage pre­sence. Blick and Sonn­tags­Blick are published as prin­ted edi­ti­ons and as e‑paper. With Blick, you don’t just expe­ri­ence what’s hap­pe­ning, you are there.