About me
My career path
I am a certified Executive and Career Coach, certified Micronutrient Coach, and Integrative & Systemic Personal Growth Coach, Consultant and Mentor with over 25 years of professional experience as a Lawyer & Consultant in the banking and insurance industry.
For the past 5 years I have been successfully working as an Executive Leadership and Career Coach, Personal Growth Coach as well as a Micronutrient Coach.
I was born in Barcelona as an expat child of Swiss parents and grew up there as well as in German-speaking Switzerland and the Upper Engadine.
I studied law in Fribourg (CH) and at Universidad Autónoma in Barcelona.
Back in Switzerland, I took on the role as a tutor in Federal Constitutional Law on behalf of Prof. Dr. Astrid Epiney, parallel to my studies. In 2019 I added a further education to become a general Data Protection Officer GDPR at the Executive School of the University of St. Gallen (HSG).
After successfully completing my licentiate (Master's) degree, I moved to Zurich, where, as a fourth-generation Zurich citizen, I began and developed my professional career, eventually becoming the General Data Protection Officer and General Compliance Officer of a globally operating company.
I started my career as a Lawyer in the Commercial Register Office of the Canton of Zurich, from where, with a detour via RUAG Aerospace, a Federal Company, I positioned myself in the banking and insurance sector, where I worked as a Manager in middle and Upper Management as well as a Project Manager in an employment relationship as well as a Consultant.
Annaleta Winiker
Executive Leadership & Career Coach
Lawyer, formerly General Data Protection Officer
The reason why I love my job...
...because success begins in the mind – but so does failure:
That's why I work with you – and for you – to define your personal goals and strategy for success.
In doing so, I ensure that your mental foundation for achieving your goals is strengthened in the long term and that the most successful methods for you are applied in your coaching.
I feel honoured to accompany you on your personal path of insight and development as your personal and trustworthy
coach, source of inspiration and mentor.
My professional background
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Experienced Executive and Leadership Coach as well as Personal Growth Coach in my own clinic, in English & German, online and on site in Zürich
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General Data Protection Officer (GDPO) and General Compliance Officer (GCO) for a globally operating company headquartered in Switzerland
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Extensive experience as a lawyer, consultant, certified project manager (Lean Six Sigma) and department head in the banking and insurance sector in Zurich and French-speaking Switzerland (UBS, Credit Suisse, Raiffeisen Bank Switzerland, Zurich Insurance, etc.)
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Tutor in Federal Constitutional Law at the University of Freiburg (CH), on behalf of Prof. Dr. Astrid Epiney.
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Since 1990, continuous training and further education in various methods and techniques of career and personal development, as well as working as a micronutrient coach both domestically and internationally.
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From 2003 to 2011, I traveled every winter to a meditation resort in India, where I practiced and deepened my understanding of active and passive meditation. Additionally I studied and experienced various high-quality and successful techniques for working with people.
Moreover, I spent months in Goa, where I learned yoga and deepend my understanding of Indian living and 'the dolce far niente'. During this time I also met many other nationals which not only formed world wide friendships. These encounters also widend my horizen. I started to understand how different our conditionings are and what to change to improve ones mindset and thereof improf the quality of ones relationships, work experience, work approach and thus the quality of life itself.
In total, I spent two and a half years in India and some month in north Bali. An experience that continues to shape my work as a coach in an unique and powerful way.
I remember having always been interested in the question of what drives peoples actions and how to change it for better outcomes, on a buisness and on a personal level.
Since it all begins with people and, of cours, one self, I started to frequent a Meditation Resort in India. During that time in particulare, meditation and personal growth was the focus. Having started doing it so, before Elisabeth Gilbert went on her journey, I realized that, perticularly at the beginning, it was hard for friends and family to understand why buisness and career driven me would do all that.
However, after Elisabeth Gilberts best selling book and the movie "Eat Pray Love" had been relesed, all started to make sense to my family and friends.
Instead of having to explain myslef people then started to ask me about my daily routine in India, meditating and wanted to know all about my experiences pursuing coaching and personal growth trainings in this spiritual and nurtering place.
Having made the same expericences and sharing similar deep values and interests, even before it became popular, made my meeting with Elisabeth Gilbert, back on my home turf in Zurich, even more enriching.
Elisabeth Gilbert, Autorin des Bestsellers "Eat Pray Love" und ich, an einer Lesung im Literaturhaus in Zürich, am 3. Dezember 2013.
