Gabriela Winkler

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Gabriela Winkler
Birchweg 13
8154 Oberglatt
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Since 1990 – Owner of a business consultancy for communications at Zurich-Oberglatt, Main areas: Internal Communication, (Leadership-Consultancy, Coaching, Crisis-PR) Political information (public affairs), Corporate Communication.

Managerial Chairperson of SSW Management GmbH, Co-owner, founded 1999.

Since 2013		Member of the Board of the “Electric power company of the Canton Zurich”, Member Leading Committee since 2018, Member Strategic committee since 2016, Member Audit Committee 2015-2018
Since 2015		President of the Board of Foundation “Chance – Center of competence for professional integration”, Zurich
Since 2016		President of the Board of Foundation “gfz – what families ask for” since 2016
Since 2016		Member of the Board of Swiss Innovation Park, Zurich

Professional Career

1973 – 1976		Assistant positions at ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Tecnology Zurich)
1977 – 1980		Scientific employee at the ETH Zurich
1977 – 1980		Scientific employee at the Tecnical University of Berlin
1977 – 1980		Head of the staff unit Public Relations of the Swiss Electricity Industry
1977 – 1980		Different Management Position at BBC Brown Boveri
1977 – 1980		Deputy head of group Corporate Communication, 1988-1990 Head of communication of ABB Switzerland, deputy Vice-President
1977 – 1980		Chairperson of the regional trade association, Dielsdorf
1977 – 1980		Member of the Board of Directors, Migros Genossenschaftsbund

Working Student (amongst other engagements: Journalist for the leading daily newspapers: „Zürcher Unterländer“, „Neue Zürcher Nachrichten“, „Neue Zürcher Zeitung“).-

Political Career

1999 -2015		Member of the Parliament of the canton of Zurich (Zurich-Oberglatt)
2007 - 2015		Member of the Commission “Energy, Transport, Environment” of the canton of Zurich
2003 – 2007		Member of the Business Audit Commission of the canton of Zurich (Counsellor to the Finance Directorate)
2003 – 2007		Chairperson of the Sub commission electronic data processing and human resources
2004 – 2007		Member of the Special Commission “organizational-law governing council and law about controlling and accounting”
1999 – 2003		Member of the permanent commission "planning and construction"
2000 – 2003		Member of the supervisory committee of the electric power company of the canton of Zurich (EKZ)
1995–2002		Member of the board of directors of the Swiss Association for Foreign Affairs. 1996 -2002 - Director of the working-group/association “women 20010”. 2001-2003 - Vice-Chairperson of the “FDP women” of the canton of Zurich.

Other political activities

Chairperson of the local-party FDP (Liberal Democratic Party), Kappel b. Olten and member of the commission of culture of the community, Kappel; 1992 – Foundress of the action committee "Swiss Women for the European Economic Area“. 1985 – 1998 - Director of the working-group "Woman & Economy", Member of different political committees of the FDP Switzerland (urban and regional planning, energy, gender). 1996 - Chairperson of the PR-Commission of the 5. Swiss Women Congress

How everything started

Born 1953, grown up in a business-household in Zurich-Oberglatt with a younger sister, Matura (General qualification for university entrance) Type B (with Italian) at the “Töchterschule (High-School/Grammar School) of the city of Zürich”.

Study of natural sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Tecnology Zurich (ETHZ), Earth Sciences, Geography, urban and regional planning, Diploma: dipl.sc.nat.ETH. Diploma thesis about the residential- and environmental political aspects of the Zurich-Airport, Extension studies at the International Management Institute in Geneva (IMI) and at the working- and education center in Basel, Additional education in systemic family and organizational constellation at Dr. med. Ilse Kutschera and Helmut Eichenmüller 2000-2002, cert. in systemic competence, cert. Master Practitioner DVNLP 2003.