Fondation Botnar
Manuela Maechler serves as the Grant Operations Manager and Secretary of the Philanthropy Committee at Fondation Botnar since January 2021. Additionally, Manuela has worked as a consultant for NGOs and Foundations since September 2018. Previously, Manuela held the position of Lead Project Coordinator at Allgemeine Baugenossenschaft Zürich from September 2019 to December 2022 and served as Executive Assistant at UNICEF Switzerland from October 2016 to June 2018. Earlier experience includes roles as an Individual Customer Consultant and Commercial Clerk at Schwyzer Kantonalbank. Manuela's educational background includes a CAS in Development and Cooperation from ETH NADEL, a Bachelor of Business Administration with a Specialization in International Management from ZHAW School of Management and Law, and an Exchange Year at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Manuela also completed a Commercial Apprenticeship with a Professional Baccalaureate at Kaufmännische Berufsschule Lachen.
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Fondation Botnar
Fondation Botnar is a Swiss philanthropic foundation working to improve the health and wellbeing of young people living in cities around the world. Advocating for the inclusion of youth voices and the equitable use of AI and digital technology, we invest in and support innovative programs and research, and bring together actors from across sectors to create dialogue and partnerships. We are a member of SwissFoundations, the association of grant-making foundations in Switzerland and commit to best practice governance in line with the principles and recommendations of the Swiss Foundation Code. Our accounting follows the guidelines of Swiss GAAP FER 21 for charitable social non-profit-organisations and our activities are supervised by the Supervisory Authority for Foundations, Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs.