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Kathrin Wolff Schmandt

Judge · DISC type Dc
Managing Director at N9 House of Innovation
📍 Zürich Metropolitan Area, Switzerland

Kathrin Wolff Schmandt is a senior executive with over 30 years of global leadership experience in the financial industry, primarily at UBS. She now fosters innovation as a Managing Director at N9 House of Innovation, a strategy expert for SEF. Growth, an angel investor, and a board member for several technology companies.

Kathrin is passionate about connecting people and ideas, particularly within the Swiss startup ecosystem. She actively participates as a jury member for various startup competitions and leads senior executive communities to foster cross-industry collaboration. She studied at INSEAD and New York University.

As a strategy expert, she assesses approximately 25-30 high-potential scale-up companies in Switzerland each year.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
Managing Director
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Zürich Metropolitan Area, Switzerland
Personality Overview

How Kathrin shows up

Fast But Wary
Generally Skeptic
Quality Focused

They are not always relationship oriented. They like to move fast and expect the same from others. More than the product, they care about the impact of the product.

Priorities

Topics Kathrin cares about

Fostering Innovation
Her career is dedicated to fostering innovation, from startups and scale-ups to senior executive communities and corporate ecosystems.
Angel Investing
She is an active angel investor with SICTIC and frequently speaks on the role of investors in the startup lifecycle.
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Career

Work history

9-2023
Managing Director
N9 House of Innovation
3-2023
Member Board of Directors
Aktionariat AG
4-2021
Strategy Expert/founding partner SEF.Growth - Jury SEF.Award
Swiss Economic Forum
6-2020
Member Board of Directors; CEO in 2021
Art Poster Gallery
2-2023 - 7-2024
Member Board of Directors
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Education
2019 - 2019
ADB
INSEAD
Internationales Marketing
New York University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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