Nadja Schildknecht - Entrepreneur
Wednesday, 10th March, 06:30 PM

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Nadia Schildknecht's role as a business woman, focusing on the Zurich Film Festival founding and how it developed into an internationally successful festival in a very short time: 117.000 visitors, 170 films, 130 events, 500 guests from abroad e.g. Johnny Depp, Cate Blanchett, Harrison Ford, Oliver Stone, Lewis Hamilton.

About Nadja Schildknecht's passion, strength and will and how she reached her goal with a lot of energy, perseverance, enthusiasm and negotiating skills.

Nadja Schildknecht will speak about the challenges, but mainly about her ambition and passion and where she draws her energy from.

Nadja Schildknecht is a former model. In 2005 she co-founded the Zurich Film Festival. Since 2020 she supports the ZFF in an advisory function. She works in a London based investment company since then and is in the Board of Trustees of the Laureus Foundation.

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