Martin Raske | People & Culture Executive
Profile
As a seasoned People & Culture Leader, I drive necessary change that empowers individuals and aligns organizations. My expertise lies in leadership development, talent management, and orchestrating structural and digital shifts to build cultures that fuse high performance, collaboration, and genuine engagement.
With deep roots in learning & development, coaching, and change management, I excel in complex environments that demand clarity, decisive leadership, and strategic foresight. I guide executives and teams through critical transformations, fostering resilience and creating lasting impact with a balance of professional rigour and human connection.
Recent Key Achievements
With deep roots in learning & development, coaching, and change management, I excel in complex environments that demand clarity, decisive leadership, and strategic foresight. I guide executives and teams through critical transformations, fostering resilience and creating lasting impact with a balance of professional rigour and human connection.
Recent Key Achievements
- Operational Turnaround: Stabilized People & Culture operations for a major private healthcare provider (4,000+ employees), restructuring fragmented processes to significantly enhance operational efficiency.
- Leadership at Scale: Launched a comprehensive Management Academy, delivering first-time leadership training to 90% of all managers within 12 months.
- Agile Transformation: Converted a large, traditional People & Culture department into an Agile Organization, drastically improving responsiveness and embedding a people-centric mindset.
- Talent & Retention: Designed and executed group-wide talent development programs that increased retention rates and secured leadership continuity across multiple business units.
- Health & Well-Being: Built a sustainable Corporate Health Strategy, achieving the prestigious «Friendly Workspace» label and driving two company-wide campaigns with 10,000+ participants.
- Strategic Negotiation: Negotiated an innovative social plan for a large SMI-listed company, restructuring costs by 20% while simultaneously enhancing employee benefits.
- MAS Business Administration (MBA) | Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Winterthur (2006 – 2007)
- Part-time Study in Educational Theory | University of Zurich (1992 – 1996)
- Diploma in Secondary Education (Master equivalent) | University of Zurich (1989 – 1992)
- Diploma in Primary Education | University of Applied Sciences Schaffhausen (1987 – 1989)
- Media Training | Patrick Rohr (2025)
- Negotiation Training | Scotwork (2024)
- Certified HR Agile Practitioner (2021)
- Credited JPP Consultant (2020)
- Build the Next Generation – Leadership Development Program (2019)
- Being a Strategic Leader – Leadership Development Program (2017)
- High Impact Leader Program | Credit Suisse Talent Program (2014/15)
- Senior Leader Program (2013)
- New Director Program (2010)
- Senior Management Training (2009)
- Financial Economics & Management (Post-Graduate) | ZHAW (2006)
- Project Management & Leadership | Zurich Insurance (1999 – 2000)c
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