Jeannine Matthys is a leadership coach, career adviser, workplace mentor, lecturer and owner of Carrus GmbH.
For over 25 years, she has been supporting individuals and organisations from a variety of sectors and business environments through change processes, leadership challenges and career reorientation.
At the heart of her work lies the conviction that sustainable success does not arise solely from specialist knowledge or technology, but from people who take responsibility, recognise their strengths and act consciously. That is why, in her work, she combines leadership, self-management, intrinsic motivation and personal effectiveness with the challenges of a rapidly changing world of work.
Jeannine Matthys Lecture topics
- Leadership in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
How AI is reshaping leadership – and the capabilities tomorrow’s leaders must develop
- Rethinking Careers
Why technical expertise alone is no longer sufficient
- Intrinsic Motivation
The Key to a Meaningful CareerShifting from victimhood to ownership, and from dependence to self-efficacy.
Her career has taken Jeannine Matthys from the aviation sector, through the financial and property industries, to the events and luxury goods sectors.
Following her early career in the travel and aviation industries, she spent seven years at Swissair and Swiss International Air Lines in various roles within partnership marketing, sponsorship and key account management. There, she gained valuable experience in building partnerships, client management and dealing with demanding stakeholders.
She then moved to Credit Suisse, where, as Head of Client & Corporate Events, she led a team and was responsible for major national and international client events. In this role, she regularly collaborated with members of executive boards, boards of directors and key clients, and further developed her leadership skills within a demanding corporate environment.
In 2011, she took over the operational and strategic management of the family-run company Matthys Immobilien AG as Managing Director and member of the Board of Directors. At the same time, she completed a Master’s degree in Real Estate Management and was responsible for the company’s further development for several years.
In 2015, she joined AG Hallenstadion Zürich as Deputy Director, a member of the Executive Board and Head of Marketing & Sales. There, she shared responsibility for the strategic development of one of Switzerland’s best-known event venues and led teams in the areas of marketing, communications and sales.
She then took on the operational management of Gübelin’s Zurich boutique as Boutique Director, overseeing staff, customer relations and the financial performance of one of Switzerland’s most prestigious luxury companies.
Purpose creates motivation. Motivation creates performance. Performance creates impact.
Today, Jeannine Matthys draws on this wide-ranging experience in her work as a leadership coach, career adviser, workplace mentor, lecturer and entrepreneur.
As a speaker, she captivates her audience with an authentic, inspiring and practical approach. Her talks combine strategic perspectives with concrete courses of action and encourage people to take responsibility, develop new ways of thinking and actively shape their own future.
Her particular aim is to encourage people to remain in the driver’s seat of their own lives – with clarity, personal responsibility and the courage to embrace change as an opportunity.