CEO agenda

Learn how Chief Executives should rethink strategies, put people at the center of business transformation and focus on creating long-term value for all stakeholders.

Beyond the pandemic, CEOs need to reshape their portfolios, reimagine their ecosystem and reinvent themselves for a better future. Designing and delivering a strategy to optimize value for all stakeholders has never been more challenging. Executives must take bold actions to enhance their growth opportunities and shape the future with confidence.

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Michael Messerli

Partner, Head of Strategy and Transactions | EY Parthenon Switzerland

Michael is in the Transaction Diligence (TD) Team in Zurich and leads our Strategy & Transaction Practice in Switzerland. He is also a member of our Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility Team in GSA.

Zurich, CHE

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Our divestiture services can help you with portfolio management to improve value from carve-out, spin-off or joint venture. Get in touch today.
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Market disruption has accelerated transformation and forced CEOs to reimagine their business models. Business leaders that focus on putting people at the center of everything they do, deploying technology at speed and innovating at scale will do more than lead the market – they will reshape markets and become exponential value creators. These leaders take a future-back approach to optimize for today’s success and plan for tomorrow’s disruption.

Our latest insights on transformation

How do you harness the power of people to double transformation success?

Read about how EY and the University of Oxford explored the emotional cost of failed transformations and what it takes to get them right.

20 Oct 2022 Errol Gardner + 2

The team

Michael Messerli

Partner, Head of Strategy and Transactions | EY Parthenon Switzerland

Michael is in the Transaction Diligence (TD) Team in Zurich and leads our Strategy & Transaction Practice in Switzerland. He is also a member of our Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility Team in GSA.

Zurich, CHE

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Discover how EY's strategic transformation services can help your organization drive strategic transformation with long-lasting results.
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Discover how EY's technology transformation team can help your business fully align technology to your overall purpose and business objectives.
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Risk consulting services

Discover how EY's risk consulting team can help your organization embrace disruption and turn risk into a competitive advantage.
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Discover how EY's program management consulting services can help your business tame the chaos of large programs and turn stratetgy into sustainable value.
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Supply Chain Reinvention helps clients effect a fundamental change in their performance to support sales growth, become more cost-competitive, minimize risk and improve operational resilience.
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Transforming businesses through the power of people, technology and innovation.

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Case studies

Why it’s time to embrace the touchless close

Four reasons an automated, integrated and end-to-end approach is set to revolutionize the closing process.

12 Jul 2023 Helmut Rattenberger

Why you need innovation excellence to win in-market – and avoid losing out

Apply innovation excellence at four key stages of the product lifecycle to deliver superior products that are profitable quicker and longer.

01 Jun 2022 Thomas Pyschny + 1

In the face of the disruptive forces changing the working world, organizations need to become much more adaptable to rapid change — and they need their people to be flexible and agile to match, at a time when it’s getting harder to source, manage, motivate and retain talent while controlling costs.

Our latest insights on workforce issues

Will the future of talent be shaped by the flow of an untethered workforce?

Work is less connected to old ideas of career, rewards and workplaces. Explore the EY 2024 Work Reimagined Survey for keys to a Talent Advantage.

11 Oct 2024 Roselyn Feinsod + 2

The team

Michael Messerli

Partner, Head of Strategy and Transactions | EY Parthenon Switzerland

Michael is in the Transaction Diligence (TD) Team in Zurich and leads our Strategy & Transaction Practice in Switzerland. He is also a member of our Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility Team in GSA.

Zurich, CHE

Change management and experience

Amongst growing disruption, increased complexity and heightened employee expectations, new approaches to change management can drive improved transformation outcomes.
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Leadership, culture and DE&I services

Our People Advisory Services team can help your business build a workforce with the right capabilities, profile and focus to meet your goals. Learn more.
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People Advisory Services Tax

While there are many factors currently disrupting the world of work, these disruptors can also be viewed as opportunities to help re-shape “work” as we know it. Developing a strategy that can respond to these opportunities with speed and agility is crucial to being at the forefront of change in the future of work. This reshaping applies as much to the world of mobility as it does to total rewards and other areas of work. At EY we recognize the need for transformative change in supporting organizations and their employees
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Case studies

Why it’s time to embrace the touchless close

Four reasons an automated, integrated and end-to-end approach is set to revolutionize the closing process.

12 Jul 2023 Helmut Rattenberger

Why you need innovation excellence to win in-market – and avoid losing out

Apply innovation excellence at four key stages of the product lifecycle to deliver superior products that are profitable quicker and longer.

01 Jun 2022 Thomas Pyschny + 1

Today, societies demand greater responsibility from the organizations they work for, buy from and invest in. CEOs that anchor their strategies to a meaningful purpose, with a focus on creating long-term, sustainable impact across stakeholders, are best positioned to benefit from, demonstrate and measure the value they create.

Our latest insights on sustainable long-term value creation

Why should you mix insight with foresight in your ESG risk strategy?

As the ESG ecosystem grows more complex, sustainability needs to be embedded within enterprise risk management.

09 Nov 2022 Mundia Moola Buesser + 1

Why the Federal Council is sharpening its focus on circularity

The efficient use of resources will be anchored in the Environmental Protection Act, supporting Switzerland’s transition to a circular economy.

08 Sept 2023 Stephan Hirschi + 1

The team

Michael Messerli

Partner, Head of Strategy and Transactions | EY Parthenon Switzerland

Michael is in the Transaction Diligence (TD) Team in Zurich and leads our Strategy & Transaction Practice in Switzerland. He is also a member of our Advanced Manufacturing & Mobility Team in GSA.

Zurich, CHE

Climate and decarbonization

Supporting organizations with physical and transition risks associated with climate change, and assisting them with market and regulatory changes.
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Long-term value creation metrics

EY Long-term value teams can help you shape your strategy, drive transformation and measure progress in providing sustainable value through use of the WEF-IBC’s common metrics. EY leading role in developing the metrics means we’re uniquely placed to advise on their adoption and impact.
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Enhanced Corporate Reporting and Accounting

Through enhanced corporate reporting, EY can support finance teams to meet demands for high-quality enhanced financial and nonfinancial information.
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ESG and sustainability

EY teams can help address ESG and sustainability issues, investor concerns and improve ESG performance. Find out how.
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EY is going carbon negative

To help build a better working world, EY will be carbon negative in 2021 and net zero in 2025.

Case studies

Why it’s time to embrace the touchless close

Four reasons an automated, integrated and end-to-end approach is set to revolutionize the closing process.

12 Jul 2023 Helmut Rattenberger

Why you need innovation excellence to win in-market – and avoid losing out

Apply innovation excellence at four key stages of the product lifecycle to deliver superior products that are profitable quicker and longer.

01 Jun 2022 Thomas Pyschny + 1

Our latest insights on strategy

Transact to transform: How a human focus can unlock deal value

Transactions which have a bold vision, prioritize the workforce and set conditions to navigate hurdles are more likely to transform a business. Learn more.

27 Jan 2025 Liz Fealy + 2

Top 10 geopolitical developments for 2025

Geopolitical risk will remain elevated due to economic sovereignty and global rivalries. Learn how to manage the uncertainty to grow your business.

12 Dec 2024

Strategies for successful corporate separations

Gain competitive advantage with valuable insights from 160+ corporate separations, including spin offs, carve outs, optimal timing, and value maximization.

07 Feb 2024 Sharath Sharma

How do you harness the power of people to double transformation success?

Read about how EY and the University of Oxford explored the emotional cost of failed transformations and what it takes to get them right.

20 Oct 2022 Errol Gardner + 2

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