When the dream of a guest house in Spain becomes a reality
Worldwide, 18/01/2024
Where the sun meets mild temperatures all year round: Meet Priska and Michi Bauer, who broke away from everyday routine and pursued their dream of purchasing a guest house in Spain. Read more about their journey with Zürcher Kantonalbank (ZKB) in the interview. You emigrated from Switzerland a year ago. Why Spain? We didn’t consciously […] ...
Brainstorming in Tokyo? An expat reports
Worldwide, 07/12/2023
Moving abroad and working in a foreign country for a while is on many Swiss people’s wish list. Patrizia Rigassi seized an opportunity that came her way, and swapped Spreitenbach in Aargau for Tokyo, Japan, to take up a new job. In the interview she talks about her experience of moving abroad, the new challenges […] ...
On the road with the Banque Cantonale de Genève (BCGE)
Worldwide, 05/10/2023
Throughout 2023, for our series, we will be interviewing a variety of companies, members, employees and exciting people from our network. This October, we are on the road with Thomas Sailer from the Banque Cantonale de Genève (BCGE) and his team. The BCGE’s home base is in Geneva, but they are at home throughout the world. The […] ...
On the road with Baloise Bank
Worldwide, 18/09/2023
Throughout 2023, for our series, we will be interviewing a variety of companies, members, employees and exciting people from our network. The Swiss Abroad have different needs; emigrating and returning, globetrotting and working abroad touch almost all areas of life. That’s why we rely on expertise and feedback from all kinds of areas. Over the […] ...
Leaving Switzerland: a chef works up an appetite for Malaysia
Malaysia, 11/07/2023
The Cantonal Bank of Zurich’s expertise proved to be a great help to Alfred Gafner-Lalji when moving out of the country. Now retired and living in Malaysia, he gives some useful tips in an interview. Are you looking to emigrate? Alfred Gafner-Lalji has already done so, and the Cantonal Bank of Zurich used its expertise […] ...