François E. Clerc is of the project partners of the Swiss Employers’ Association’s April 2015 report on „Women on Boards – 400 proposals for Swiss companies“ or in German „Frauen im Verwaltungsrat – 400 Vorschläge für Schweizer Gesellschaften“.
Before founding AdValorem Partners, a leadership advisory boutique, François E. Clerc was a Senior Partner at the world largest privately owned executive search firm. Based in Geneva, he worked at local, national and European level for a wide range of clients ranging from Swiss privately owned companies to Fortune 500 multinationals. Prior to his consulting years, he was managing director of a Swiss company active in the Asia Pacific region, based in Hong Kong. François started his career at HP Europe and spent 15 years in the technology field. Since 2000, he is an active promoter of Advisory Boards and Boards‘ governance. He is the producer of a radio show called „Executive Life“ that hosted senior leaders to talk about the ingredients of their success and the lessons learned from their failure. Lastly, he is the founder of the Presidents Club, an informal advisory board active in the Lemanic region gathering CEOs and Presidents from the international local community.
Recently, François also co-founded Triple A Associés a company that offers workshops in corporate governance in Switzerland. He is also the CEO of a medical group, of which he used to be an advisor to the board.