Members Introduction

Panagiotis Alafouzos - June 2023

Panagiotis Alafouzos

Panagiotis works as an Initiative Manager in the Group Risk Technology of UBS in Zurich and has 15 years of experience in project management, program management, and product strategy. He has a proven track record of leading and implementing high-impact projects with cross-functional agile teams in various locations such as Zurich, London, Athens, India, and New York. His project management expertise spans across different industries, including credit risk technology for the banking sector, mobile marketing and advertising technology solutions for agencies and brands, and the delivery of SaaS platforms for lotteries and sports betting operators.

Panagiotis is a certified Project Manager (PMP) and has been certified in Agile methodologies, including Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO I), Professional Scrum Master (PSM I), and Professional Agile Leadership (PAL I). He holds a Mathematics degree from the University of Crete, a Master of Science in Analysis, Design, and Management of Information Systems from the London School of Economics (LSE), and an M.B.A from the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB).

In his spare time, Panagiotis enjoys snowboarding, biking, reading books, hanging out with friends and running marathons. Panagiotis joined the PMI Switzerland chapter to further engage with the community of project managers, exchange ideas and further explore networking opportunities.

You can learn more about Panagiotis by visiting his LinkedIn profile at 

Elisabetta Lazzaroni - May 2023

Elisabetta Lazzaroni

Elisabetta is a Senior strategic Insight leader, with a Master in Statistics and Management combined with solid business understanding and acumen. She has 10+ years of in-depth and proven experience in leading global strategic planning and analytic projects within multicultural matrix structures, supporting marketing, communication and sales teams at prime multinationals and sectors (Pharmaceuticals and Automotive).

Elisabetta is living in Switzerland in 2019 and that's because she is a part of the PMI Switzerland Chapter. Elisabetta loves hiking and skiing, other than going to the lake in summer! She literally loves the Country

You can learn more about Elisabetta by visiting her LinkedIn profile.

Luis Baettig - May 2023

Luis Bättig

Luis is a Swiss – Chilean professional, with a MBA, graduated in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering and certified in Project Management (PMP®, PMI-RMP®).

He has more than 30 years of experience working in telecommunications, transportation, industrial, services, universities, and consulting companies.

He’s living in Chile.

His career has been oriented towards leading multidisciplinary teams in the positions of project team leader, project manager, risk manager, planning and control manager, and new product and business development manager. He has taught at universities and consultancy.

Luis is passionate for projects where work frameworks, technology and people contribute to obtaining and delivering sustainable value to society.

He joined the PMI Switzerland Chapter to increase his network with other professionals, collaborating and learning about project management with others.

You can learn more about Luis by visiting his LinkedIn profile.

Juan Janse - May 2023

Juan Janse

Juan works for a company called Innflow AG in Switzerland which predominantly focus on SAP S4 Implementation projects (Green Field, Brown Field and SAP Public Cloud). Juan’s current role is Team Lead & Lead for Project management and in addition he is also responsible for the Methodology board where they work on continuous refinement and optimization of the project methodology. Within the scope of these 3 project types, Juan also manages Projects and coaches his project management team.

Juan is originally specialized in systems integration and process engineering spanning the value chain of customer businesses. Now, he also specializes in Project Management.

Juan joined the Switzerland chapter to meet with the local community of project managers to extend his network and exchange ideas.

Juan is currently interested also in the impact of AI on PM and trying to see how his team can benefit from the current advances.

You can learn more about Juan by visiting his LinkedIn profile.

Remy Kersch - April 2023

Remy Kersch

Remy is 44 years old, married and the dad of 3 children. He had very different work experiences with a total of 26 years. Until now, his whole life has been a learning curve to constantly acquire new knowledge and skills. Remy started in automotive service where he got most of his diplomas in mechanic, body repair and painting. In 2001, Remy decided to enroll himself in the French Army as a Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) in the Infantry in the Alps. There, Remy spent most of his time teaching and managing people from the size of a team (9 people) to a platoon (40 people). Remy has been on several missions abroad in Africa, Norway and Afghanistan. After 10 years in the Military, he became a workshop manager at a motorhome retail store for 4 years, driving 9 techs, improving workshop and working processes. In 2018, Remy started the crazy adventure to work at Tesla. There again, he was constantly looking for establishing processes and improving systems, from the service warehouse in Geneva to Switzerland, to the global EMEA market.

Now Remy is looking for new opportunities and decided during that transition period to put a recognized certification on top of his experiences. He is PMP certified credential since March 2023.

Where Remy has most fun is in improving things like procedures, processes, people collaboration and systems as well as training people, in Service and Customer experience.

Remy decided to join the Switzerland Chapter as well as the French one to increase his network and to foster learnings.

In his free time, Remy loves to be in nature with his family, camping, mountain-biking, skiing and every other mountain sport. He also likes reading techno-thrillers and watching Sci-Fi movies.

You can learn more about Remy by visiting his LinkedIn profile.