# Helga Bruderer (@helgabruderer.com)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/helgabruderer.com
Headline: Senior Leader & Business Strategist | I help organisations as they realign themselves

## About

With over 15 years of professional experience, including more than six years in management positions with budget and personnel responsibility, I bring expertise in business administration, healthcare management, and non-profit management. 

My areas of focus include:
\- Organisational development & transformation: Supporting change processes in complex environments. 
\- Governance & Operational Management: Ensuring efficient, ethical and future-proof structures.
\- Sustainable Business Models: Development of new business models that combine business, health and sustainability. 

What fascinates me most about healthcare is navigating the tension between economic viability and quality of care under immense systemic pressure. I see the ultimate test for sustainable business strategies: How do we maintain high-quality care when demographics, climate change, and cost pressures converge? I am drawn to this sector because it demands a rigorous integration of economic logic and social responsibility.

For over a year now, I’ve also been working on a project to develop a damage-based price floor framework for nature conservation and restoration. I’m exploring the question: What if the cost of a nature conservation or restoration project were based on a conservative lower limit derived from the damage to public health? Here, too, I greatly value the opportunity to exchange ideas with experts.

I document my observations and thoughts on my blog. From encounters with insects and what they teach us about resilience, to reflections on the damage-based price floor framework, and insights on Health & Care or my perspective on our digital world. 

In my spare time, I write and illustrate stories about my pets. That’s why I’m also keen to exchange ideas with people working in visual storytelling and digital illustration with a Wacom Cintiq.

I look forward to connecting and exchanging ideas.

## Career

- **Reorientation at Looking for a new challenge** (Sep 2025 - Present)
  Full-time · Zurich, Zurich, CH
- **Strategic Partnerships Lead at Entlastungsdienst Schweiz** (Aug 2024 - Aug 2025)
  Part-time
  • Developed care provision and funding models to support the long-term sustainability of care and support services.
  • Developed a B2B subscription model aligned with CSR and ESG requirements for the Swiss care and support market, with projected annual revenue potential of up to CHF 3.7 million and a modelled 20% reduction in absenteeism.
  • Developed governance and organisational structures for strategic funding management across the umbrella organisation and four cantonal units.
- **Executive Board Member, Lead Transformation & Organisational Development at Cornelia Fischer Hilfsfonds** (Jun 2021 - May 2025)
  Board member · Zurich, Zurich, CH
   • Held overall operational responsibility for the grantmaking organisation, leading its strategic realignment, rebranding and repositioning.
  • Developed an impact model aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and integrated it into strategic management and decision-making.
  • Established an internal control system based on COSO, eliminating the risk of transactions being authorised by one person alone.
  • Introduced digital infrastructure, including a CRM, an online donation platform and digital communication processes, reducing administrative workload by 70%.
  • Increased income by 50% within 18 months and strengthened long-term relationships with grantmaking foundations and public authorities.
- **Institutional Funding Manager at stiftung menschen für menschen - karlheinz böhms äthiopienhilfe (schweiz)** (Dec 2023 - Jul 2024)
  Zürich, CH
  Temporary assignment managing institutional fundraising during a period of organisational restructuring.
- **Institutional Funding & Major Donor Manager at Light for the World** (Jul 2023 - Nov 2023)
  Part-time · Zurich, Zurich, CH
  Temporary assignment managing institutional fundraising during a period of organisational restructuring.
- **Care and Support Professional & Internal Quality Auditor at Integra, Die Stiftung Im Freiamt** (Aug 2017 - Sep 2019)
  Part-time
  • Provided day-to-day care and support, working closely with families, social care professionals and healthcare teams.
  • Conducted internal quality audits in accordance with ISO 9001:2015.
- **Business Consultant at Selbständig** (Jan 2009 - Jul 2017)
  Self-employed
  Advised non-profit organisations and SMEs on business model development and strategic positioning.
- **Managing Director & Head of Communications at Verein Kinderbetreuung Mutschellen** (Jan 2015 - Jul 2016)
  Part-time
  • Held overall operational responsibility for the organisation, with budget and personnel responsibility for 80 employees.
  • Restored operational stability within three months during a period of crisis and improved staff retention.
- **Corporate Communications Manager at Uniwheels Group** (Oct 2007 - Aug 2008)
  Full-time · Hünenberg, Zug, CH
  • Strengthened brand positioning across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
- **PR Associate Dunlop & Interim Head of PR Industrial Tyres at goodyear germany GmbH** (Oct 2006 - Apr 2007)
  Full-time
  Coordinated communications during a multi-brand repositioning and improved brand performance.
- **PR Associate Dunlop & Interim Head of PR Industrial Tyres at goodyear germany GmbH** (Apr 2005 - Apr 2007)
  Full-time
  • Coordinated communications during a multi-brand repositioning and improved brand performance.

## Publications

- The Common Sickle Bush-Cricket  — helgabruderer.leaflet.pub (Oct 2026) https://helgabruderer.leaflet.pub/3mx5s7dxtt22u
- The American Mortar Wasp – On the Trail of an Extraordinary Hunter — helgabruderer.leaflet.pub (Oct 2026) https://helgabruderer.leaflet.pub/3mwt3fyfdxs2m

## Skills

### Technical
- Generative AI
- Microsoft Office
- WordPress
### Business
- Agile
- Blogging
- Business Analysis
- Change Management
- Compliance Management
- Content Management
- Management
- Nonprofits
- Process Improvement
- Project Management
- Strategic Planning
- Writing
### Interpersonal
- Leadership
- Motivation
### Other
- Business Sustainability

## Credentials

- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) — Scrum Alliance (Dec 2019 - Oct 2027)
- DelftX Circular Economy Certification — Delft University of Technology (Dec 2025) https://courses.edx.org/certificates/d65ff034b49a407fb7052ad834bc74d1
- Reporting with the GRI Standards — Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) (Sep 2025) https://api.accredible.com/v1/frontend/credential_website_embed_image/certificate/160124365
- Reporting on Human Rights with the GRI Standards — Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) (Sep 2025) https://api.accredible.com/v1/frontend/credential_website_embed_image/certificate/160162901
- Navigating the GRI Sector Standards — Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) (Sep 2025) https://api.accredible.com/v1/frontend/credential_website_embed_image/certificate/160238551
- Transparency for Tomorrow: Decoding the Sustainability Reporting Landscape (2025) — Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) (Sep 2025) https://api.accredible.com/v1/frontend/credential_website_embed_image/certificate/160494437
- Business Sustainability Management — Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) (May 2025) https://cambridge.credential.getsmarter.com/82b5e75f-41b7-46f5-abda-c6877551de35
- EFQM Assessor Training — EFQM (Sep 2002)

## Education

- **Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (Cisl)** — Certificate , Business Sustainability Management (Feb 2025 - Apr 2025)
- **University of Basel** — Diploma of Advanced Studies, Nonprofit Management & Law (Nov 2020 - May 2023)
- **SRH Hochschule Heidelberg** — Dipl. Business Economist, Business Adminsitration, Healthcare Management (Master) (Sep 2001 - Dec 2004)

## Languages

- German (native)
- English (full professional)

## Links

- Website: https://helgabruderer.com (verified)
- Fediverse: https://@bruderer@mastodon.social