Staff of the Secretariat in Zurich
Pro Helvetia
Swiss Arts Council
Hirschengraben 22
CH-8024 Zurich
T +41 44 267 71 71F +41 44 267 71 06
info@prohelvetia.ch
Directorate
Sabina Schwarzenbach
Director ad interim
Andrea Wilhelm
Assistant to the Director
Barbara Rast
Administrative Secretary
Funding and Cultural Promotion
Andreas Moos
Head of Funding and Cultural Promotion
Lea Bähler
Assistant
Salome Schmassmann
Assistant
Visual Arts
Marianne Burki
Head Visual Arts
Jelena Delic
Visual arts / projects for art fairs, art spaces and residencies with aspiring artists
Patrick Gosatti
Visual arts / Collection Cahiers d'Artistes, work grants
Catherine Munger
Visual arts
Caroline Nicod
Visual arts / Photography
Nicole Rielle
Assistant
Rachele Giudici Legittimo
Coordination Swiss participation Venice Biennale
Sandi Paucic
Project Leader Swiss participation Venice Biennale
Music
Andri Hardmeier
Head Music
Barbara Canepa
Jazz
Marius Kaeser
Pop
Tobias Rothfahl
Classical music
Manuela Sonanini
Classical and folk music
Literature
Angelika Salvisberg
Head Literature and Society
Mirjam Herrmann
Literature, German-speaking and rhaeto-romanic Switzerland / reading tours
Aurélia Maillard Despont
Literature, French-speaking Switzerland
Beatrice Oehlschläger
Translations of German-speaking Swiss literature
Anna Schlossbauer
Literature, Italian-speaking Switzerland
Eva Stensrud
Literature, German-speaking Switzerland / Book service
Manuel Kaufmann
Culture and society / thematic publications and events
Theatre
Myriam Prongué
Head Theatre
Kirsten Barkey
Theatre, German
Anne Maurer
Theatre, French and Italian
Dance
Felizitas Ammann
Head Dance
Rares Donca
Dance
Programmes
Murielle Perritaz
Head of Programmes
Barbara Parsons-Spörri
Administration
Karin Whiting
Finance, administration
Cultural Centres and Exchange Programmes (within Europe)
Gautier Chiarini
Head of Cultural Centres and Exchange Programmes (within Europe)
Lisa Pedicino
Coordination «Viavai»
Liaison Offices and Exchange Programmes (outside of Europe)
Jasper Walgrave
Head of Liaison Offices and South America Programme
Cleoriana Benacloche
South America Programme
Isabel Stierli
Coordination liaison offices and residencies
Impulse Programmes
Sylvain Gardel
Head of Impulse programmes
Karin Frei Rappenecker
Project Leader «Cultural Diversity»
Lidia Pirola
Coordination «Cultural Diversity»
Damian Fankhauser
Design
Helen Muggli
Design
Andréa Muller
Design
Michel Vust
Interactive Media
Oliver Miescher
Interactive Media
Communications
Chantal Hirschi
Team leader / Project responsible ad interim
Lisa Stadler
Media relations
Romain Galeuchet
Web Content / Social Media
Marlène Mauris
Corporate Design / Printed Material
Pascal Marchev
Webmaster / Mediamatics
Resources
Melanie Hächler
Head of Resources and Human Resources
Human Resources
Melanie Hächler
Head of Human Resources
Petra Forrer
Payroll
Carmen Signer
Human Resources
Finance and Controlling
Silvio Rüegg
Head of finance department, controlling
Lirim Etemi
Accounting
IT
Jörg Felix
Head of IT
Christian Bechtiger
System Engineer
Facility Management
Christian Helfenberger
Head of Facility Management
Romana Lavagnoli
Reception, switchboard
Saïd Moufid
Shipping
