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Jose becomes Assistant Professor after finishing his PhD at the TIM Group
We are pleased to announce that Jose P. Arrieta will be joining the University of Amsterdam's Business School as an Assistant Professor on Strategy. Jose, we wish you all the best for this new and big step!
Anja joins Mobiliar after finishing her PhD at the TIM Group
Cooperatives play an important role in the Swiss economy. This interdisciplinary research project aims at providing a broader understanding of cooperatives in a changing environment and how they could contribute to current challenges. The project is made possible through a partnership with the cooperative Mobiliar. Monique Bolli, Anna Dereky and Anja Niedworok study and support the activities around cooperatives.
Dr. Marieke Buffing about her Start-up Company
Marieke completed her PhD at ETH in molecular drug discovery and in 2018 founded her company IMPROVATE. Her company aims at consulting research groups and highly educated employees for reaching their full potential. In this role, she is leading courses on inter- and intrapersonal transferable skills on e.g. group dynamics, creative ideation, and diplomacy. We very much enjoyed to learn about her views on having impact!
The TIM Group Welcomes Yanfu Fang as new PhD-Student!

We warmly welcome Yanfu as a new PhD-student in our group! Yanfu holds a Master in Economics and has worked as a research assistant at INSEAD, the University of Bocconi and the Max Planck Institutie for Innovation and Competition, before joining us. Good luck and a lot of fun in your PhD Yanfu!
Anastasiya Popava Remembers the TIM Course of "Innovation Leadership"
Anastasiya Popava is a former student of the Master in Integrative Building Systems (MIBS) at ETH Zürich and the first MIBS ETH Medal Winner. In an interview about her master studies, she remembers the course of innovation leadership, offered by the TIM Group, as one of the most valuable and interesting experience of her education. Thank you very much for the positive feedback Anastasiya!
Claudio Feser about Having Impact in Multiple Roles
We had the pleasure of welcoming Claudio Feser to our TIM Impact Chat. He holds many role; he is Director Emeritus and Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company, Member of Executive Education Committee at the University of St.Gallen, Board Member, Author and Advisor on leadership, executive education, strategy and organisational change. In his talk, Claudio shared his thoughts and experience on professional as well as personal development and its link with the creation of impact for society.