Nathalie is able to inject her energy and passion into every project she works on. She is a builder and facilitator by nature, and makes deals happen through trust building, effective communication and perseverance. She is a results driven leader and her ability to work under pressure, analyse and see through a cloudy situation, and manifest an executable clear vision, make her a formidable strategist.
16 years of experience in operational execution and strategic leadership in big companies across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, helped her nurture a diverse network of professionals and the credibility to make the right business connections and strategic partnerships.
Nathalie’s international career started in global energy and industry players such as Shell and SGS, successfully managing and implementing global IT projects for both. In Switzerland for the last 10 years, her exposure extended to the private wealth management and Venture Capital worlds, giving her a solid and extensive financial network. Involved in the start-up scene and blockchain space since 2012, through mentoring, speaking, board membership and angel investing, she helps innovative small to medium sized companies to grow, to explore new perspectives and to connect with strategic partners and investors.
As CEO of Blue Tree in Geneva, she currently accompanies the CEO’s of a broad portfolio of deep-technology companies (Fintech, Blockchain, EdTech, AI and IoT) on their growth and investment journeys. Being a civil & environmental engineer, a certified project manager (PMI-PMP) and an Executive MBA holder from Chicago Booth business school have given her the tools to understand and interpret technology to non-tech people.
She serves on multiple boards, and is a regular panelist and speaker on topics ranging from Blockchain to women in leadership, and prioritises her support of companies with an impact vision and women in management. She is a member of the Young Presidents Organisation (www.ypo.org), and is currently chairwoman of her local chapter. Nathalie is also president of the XPATRIA Association, a Swiss Non-profit organisation aimed at connecting diaspora funding to home-based projects in line with the UN-SDG’s.