Alumni Career Team

Our «Alumni for Alumni» approach connects those seeking advice with consultants who are also HSG Alumni and bring extensive, current experience. This personal and practical guidance offers significant added value compared to traditional career coaches. Additionally, our Alumni and Alumnae benefit from our strong network and attractive pricing.

Selina Frei, M.A. HSG, dipl. Wipäd

Selina is in charge of HSG Alumni Career since 2020. At the same time, she works at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences as Lead Branding & Recruiting. She contributes her in-depth knowledge in the field of recruiting and employer branding, career advice and outplacement as well as leadership. Due to her former positions and her current role, she knows the Swiss job market very well.

Martin Huser, Dr. oec. HSG

Dr. Martin Huser works as a Senior Consultant at HSG Alumni Career. He brings long-standing business experience as Managing Director in the fields of executive development and corporate communications as  well as strategic consultancy and development. Throughout his business career, he has been active for both national and international financial services companies and consultancy firms. Simultaneously, he increased his knowledge in the fields of strategic and organizational development and coaching, as well as in change management and change communication.

Martin Huser has a Ph.D. in Law and Economics from the University of St.Gall (HSG) and successfully participated in the Advanced Management Program of the Wharton Business School, Philadelphia. He also is a registered member of the Swiss PR Society and completed a professional program in Coaching and Organizational Development through the Management Center Vorarlberg. In 2015, he started his own business in coaching, team development and moderation. As and from last year, he has also acted as Vice President of the Board of Governors of the University of St.Gall.

Martin’s mother tongue is German and he also works in English with professional fluency .

Samuel Enggist, M.A. HSG, dipl. Wipäd

Samuel Enggist works with HSG Alumni Career as a Senior Consultant. He is a partner of Beratungs-Agentur Kreis2 and pursues projects in the field of service design, co-creation, strategy development and change management for SMEs and industrial companies from a variety of sectors. Thanks to his activities in international business development for an energy tech start-up (tiko Energy Solutions AG) and his line function as a marketing and sales manager in a public company (Repower AG), he can draw on his many years’ experience in establishing and developing cooperation ventures and service products; he is also experienced in leadership. He loves moderating and implements things in a pragmatic way.

Privately, he does voluntary work as a business coach for the Ernst Schmidheiny Foundation and the refugee integration project of the Red Cross. Originally, Samuel studied political science in St.Gallen (H/2004) and additionally obtained the Business Education diploma (2005). He also holds an MAS in Energy Economics FH (2011). In 2020, he completed the STRIDE unSchooling program for Collaborative Leadership and Social Innovation at the Zurich ImpactHub.

Peter Gysel, lic. rer. publ. HSG, EMBE HSG

Peter Gysel works for HSG Alumni Career as a Senior Consultant. As a self-employed communication consultant, he supports companies and corporations under public law to position themselves on the market and among their stakeholders. His consultancy portfolio extends to vision and strategy development, issues & crisis management, change management, project communication, media work and personal appearance competence. He has many years’ experience in leadership at an international level in the fields of communication and project management in the construction materials industry, in consultancy and in banking.

Peter Gysel studied political science at the HSG and obtained a postgraduate diploma in Business Engineering. He is a member of the European Association of Communication Directors and pr suisse (Swiss Public Relations Association).

Liliane Merk, M.A. HSG, CAS Change & Innovation Management HSG

Liliane Merk works as a Senior Consultant at HSG Alumni Career. She brings many years of experience in strategy, organizational development, marketing, communication, and innovation management, having served as a leader, specialist, and member of executive management.

Over the past ten years, she has held corporate development roles at two consulting firms. Before that, she spent seven years working in the watch and jewelry industry.

Since 2019, Liliane has been a board member of the HSG Alumni Women’s Club. She has two young school-aged daughters, for whom she aims to be a role model by balancing an exciting professional position, a vibrant family life, and volunteer work.