Noble Manhattan Switzerland

Empowering leaders, individuals, and organizations through world-class coaching and leadership development programs. Passionate about fostering growth, unlocking potential, and driving meaningful change in the professional and personal landscape. 

Our key offerings include:

- Advanced Applied Coaching Skills for Female Leaders: A transformative leadership program tailored for women.
- Corporate Coaching Programs: Designed to enhance team performance, resilience, and communication.
- Professional Coach Training: Accredited programs to develop certified and impactful coaches.
- Child & Adolescent Coaching: Supporting young people in building confidence, resilience, and life skills.
Life Coaching Programs for Non-Coaching Professionals: Helping individuals master personal growth and effective decision-making.
- Tailored Leadership Workshops: Customized solutions to address unique business challenges.

Co-Managing Director, Master Distributor

NoGap

Women face unique challenges when it comes to negotiating. With over 20 years of experience in commercial roles across diverse industries, I bring a wealth of knowledge to support women in navigating the challenges of the workplace. 

I specialize in advising women on negotiation techniques and strategies, helping them to achieve their career goals and manage difficult conversations with confidence. In particular, I provide personalized coaching and guidance to women on negotiating effectively in the workplace, including salary, promotions, and job offers.

Salary Negotiation to Women in Business, Career Strategist, Lecturer

Chili Pink

Chili Pink is a digital boutique dedicated to spicing up online social selling and personal branding on LinkedIn™. With a spicy mix of innovation, creativity, and expert insights, I empower professionals and businesses to stand out on LinkedIn™. My mission is to spice up your LinkedIn™ game through personal branding, content strategy, profile optimization, lead generation, and comprehensive social selling training solutions and workshops.

Chief Spice Officer

hVIVO

After leading the turnaround and successful sale of CRS Clinical Research to hVIVO Group, I joined hVIVO to take on group-wide commercial leadership responsibilities.

Appointed to lead the commercial strategy across hVIVO Group’s six specialized brands:

hVIVO – Human challenge trials for infectious and respiratory diseases
Venn Life Sciences – Drug development and regulatory consulting
CRS Clinical Research Services – Early-phase and special population trials
hLAB – Biomarker, virology, and immunology laboratory services
FluCamp – Volunteer recruitment and screening for clinical studies
CryoStore – Biostorage solutions and clinical trial logistics

My focus has been on aligning commercial efforts, unlocking cross-brand synergies, and delivering integrated, end-to-end solutions across the clinical development spectrum — from first-in-human studies through to regulatory success.

I also served as Integration Lead for CRS, embedding the organization within the broader hVIVO Group to ensure strategic alignment, operational cohesion, and shared growth.

Working closely with biotech and pharma clients, my goal has been to position hVIVO Group as a high-impact, science-led partner that accelerates development timelines while safeguarding quality and patient safety.

Chief Commercial Officer

CRS Clinical Research Services

As Chief Commercial Officer of CRS Clinical Research Services, a leading full-service CRO specializing in early-phase and special population trials, I spearheaded global commercial strategy and business development efforts that directly contributed to the company’s acquisition by hVIVO plc (London Stock Exchange: HVO).

Leading a cross-functional international team across Business Development, Inside Sales, and Marketing, I drove revenue growth, expanded key client partnerships, and positioned CRS as a strategic asset—culminating in its successful acquisition. The transaction validated CRS’s leadership in Phase I FIM and complex patient populations, while enabling hVIVO to enhance its European footprint and early-stage clinical trial capabilities.

This milestone underscored our ability to deliver scalable value, accelerate market expansion, and attract strategic investment—further solidifying CRS’s legacy in the CRO space.

Chief Commercial Officer & Chief DEI Officer

Stepping into the role of Chief Commercial Officer at CRS Clinical Research Services, a leading Contract Research Organization (CRO) renowned for its 40-year expertise in early-phase clinical trials my mandate is focused on shaping the company’s strategic direction and fostering growth across the global markets. 

As a member of the newly formed CRS management team, I lead a multifaceted international team dedicated to Business Development, Inside Sales, BD Support, and Marketing & Communications.

Labcorp Drug Development

As a Sales Leader at Labcorp, I oversaw the southern Europe biotech sales for the Central Laboratory division. My primary goal was to drive growth and success in the biotech space in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and France. As a Senior Director of Strategic Accounts, I worked as an individual contributor, responsible for developing and executing global commercial strategies for one of our key pharma partners in both Europe and the US. I focused on implementing retention and growth initiatives, driving continuous process improvement, and identifying new opportunities to create mutual value for both partners.

Director of Sales & Senior Director of Strategic Accounts

Sales leader of Labcorp's Central Laboratory European biotech sales team, responsible for driving growth and success in the biotech space. I bring extensive experience in sales and management to the role, leveraging my skills to develop and execute effective strategies that deliver results. My passion for biotech and healthcare drives my commitment to delivering our clients the highest level of service and support. With a focus on collaboration and innovation, I'm proud to lead a team that is positively impacting the industry and helping drive important healthcare advances.

Director of Sales - Biotech Europe

Fortrea

As a former strategic partner commercial liaison for Covance, my main focus was on developing and executing a global commercial strategy for one of our key partners in Europe and the US. 

My role encompassed overseeing account strategies, integrating therapeutic and pipeline profiling, implementing retention and growth initiatives, and driving continuous process improvement. As a strategic business developer, I was driven by a commitment to uncovering new opportunities that drive mutual value for both partners. My approach centered on identifying areas of need, offering innovative solutions, and leveraging partnerships to achieve both organizations' strategic objectives.

Senior Director of Strategic Accounts, Business Development

Premier Research

During my tenure at Premier Research, my primary responsibility was to drive business growth by promoting clinical development services to emerging biotech and medtech companies in Europe. I was entrusted with covering various territories, including Southern Europe and the DACH region, where I successfully identified new business opportunities and established meaningful relationships with potential clients.

Director, Business Development

Worldwide Clinical Trials

As an International BDD for Worldwide Clinical Trials, I successfully penetrated several mid-size and emerging pharmaceutical accounts across six different countries, including Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Israel. My work focused on promoting therapeutic solutions across a wide range of specialties, including oncology, rare diseases, and cardiovascular and central nervous system clinical trial research.

In this role, I developed and maintained strong relationships with key stakeholders, through targeted sales initiatives and effective communication, I was able to build a solid pipeline of business opportunities, resulting in significant revenue growth.

Director, International Business Development

Signant Health

As a key contributor to Bracket eClinical Technologies' sales team, I was primarily responsible for driving business development efforts across Europe. My responsibilities encompassed overseeing the implementation and delivery of sophisticated eClinical technology solutions such as IVRS, IWRS, ePRO, and eLearning.

Director, Account Management Europe

Portfolio Career Strategist | Business Development Veteran | Negotiation Expert | LinkedIn Personal Branding Trainer | Keynote Speaker | Noble Manhattan Partner | Contact me for Certified Coaching Training

C-suite executive and entrepreneur at heart, passionate about turning strategy into measurable growth and leadership into lasting impact.

I’ve spent my career driving commercial transformation across clinical research organizations, leading global teams, and shaping partnerships that accelerate innovation from early development to market.

Alongside that work, I’ve become deeply committed to advancing female leadership — helping women navigate pay equity, visibility, and influence at the highest levels.

I share insights on:
💡 Leadership at the Top: What it really takes to grow, lead, and sustain performance in the C-suite
💡 Female Advancement: Practical strategies to close the gender and power gap
💡 Commercial Growth: How inclusive leadership drives better business outcomes

I also lecture at leading business schools including EHL, IMD, St. Gallen, and EPFL, where I teach salary and contract negotiation, networking, influence, and strategic personal branding — the very skills that have taken me to the top of my career.

Founder of NoGap, a women’s negotiation consultancy dedicated to closing the pay and power gap, and Chili Pink, a digital marketing agency that helps leaders and brands tell their story with purpose and precision.
Co-creator of the Advanced Applied Coaching Skills – Female Leadership Program with Noble Manhattan, and co-Managing Director of Noble Manhattan Switzerland.

Swiss-Mexican-German executive near Geneva.
Mother to three remarkable young men and one silly dog.
Committed to building high-trust teams, elevating women in leadership, and turning ambition into action.

Catherine Canales

DLTG fund

- Forming & Creating a new concept of Venture Capital 2.0 -> structured, automated & reliable on large scale
- Negotiating with partner Ecosystem of Accelerators, Venture Capital Funds and LP's
- Creating an Investment Thesis, financial models & process blueprints
- Negotiating government support

General Partner

IndigiLabs

- Helped over 50 startups with fundraising, MVP builds and Product Strategy
- Served various interim roles as CEO, CTO, CSO and COO
- Build global remote teams in all corners of the world, with over 300 world-class players found and trained.

Created a fully automated opportunities generation engine processing 960+ million monthly web crawls and follow up RPA automation in search of opportunities.

Created a 95% automated RPA sales lead engine that processes over 360 daily conversations about startup fundraising, growth, or investment.

Managing Partner & Founder

Dirk Struan Ltd

Partner | Wealth Manager at Multi Family Office

Managing Partner

Heaven Protocol

- Helped to form an overall strategy for full Metaverse project.
- Lead strategic investors negotiations.
- Left the project thanks to difference of opinion on its required leadership

Executive Producer

RUR University

Head Of Research And Development

Doublon.IO

Completed the product roadmap and continued with an ongoing engagement on strategic management.

Helped to build a solid business case, product roadmap, and 12-month plan which led to a seed investment of €1.8 million.

Collaborated with the entire C-board team on the definition of digital marketing strategy aligned to the team's go-to-market plan.

Fintech and Regtech platform for worldwide payments using blockchain technology.

Chief Technology Officer

Simplifate

Performed several niche sector researches and business models simulations to understand hidden inefficiencies in the Europe Europe B2B Enterprise Software market.

Built from scratch an interesting go-to-market plan and full company projection. The company was bootstrapped with minimum seed investment to $3 million in total revenue in 21 months.

Created new business models for our products and joint venture products with partners extensively as well.

Created a brand new team of 26 developers and provided leadership to that team.

Oversaw complete financial, operations, technology, and personnel planning.

Successfully launched several high tech products in SaaS vertical and cooperated on more significant deals with major regional players.

CEO & Founder

Angel Ventures Group

Led a small team for product growth with a focus on user acquisition.

Managed two outsourced DevOps teams. They were introduced and trained in Agile.

Performed market analysis using primary and secondary research methodologies to build an evolving product roadmap. Managed funding and government negotiations.

Created full company business plans, negotiated with investors and secured 2M $ funding.

CTO & Co Founder

Hewlett-Packard

-	Main responsibility for full Business Portfolio of HPE in CEE region
-	Build and lead of extended teams with focus on new service offerings creation, market direction vision and acting as company growth enabler.
-	Introducing DevOps, Cloud Microservices, Green House, Smart Grid & Knowledge Economy visions to major clients, forming their 3 to 10 year strategy  
-	Taking projects through full lifecycle, Idea Development, Selection Process, Sales, Approval, Execution and hand over to operations
-	Vision Leader: Propagating new style of IT vision within the region, presenting & forming strategies with Alliance partners (Gartner, IDC, Sitecore, Mobile Iron, Microsoft, i.e.)

CEE Enterprise Services Business Development Manager

-	Delivery manager for multinational clients within EMEA region.
-	Responsible for all phases of deal, pre-sales, bid process, delivery, operations. 
-	Leader of organization consisting 150 employees, responsible for several operational & project teams within 20 countries.
-	Ownership for capacity and capability management on accounts, creation and promotion of improvement programs.

Account Delivery Manager EMEA

-	Main responsibility for EUC, Cloud Strategy, Green House & Cross Functional Towers 
-	Taking projects through full lifecycle, Bid Mgmt., Sales, Global SOAR, Execution and hand over to operations 
-	More than 60 projects in 20 countries, competing with all major outsourcing players, multi vendor space integration initiatives,  
-	Outlining solution architecture descriptions to customer executives, business sponsor’s, internal sales representatives and Service delivery managers in EMEA.
-	Performing functional analysis of customer requirements.
-	Developing transition documents.
-	Representing company on solution workshops with worldwide architects and sign off meetings with executive staff.

EMEA Enterprise Solution Architect

CEE GFS Operational Lead

Managing team for due diligence and technical vision scenario in four CEE countries for major clients.

CEE Technical Discovery Team Leader

Managing Partner VC Fund 2.0 | Family Office | CxO | Technology Polymath | Entrepreneur twitter.com/Skzites

I am a seasoned C-level executive, entrepreneur, and technology enthusiast with over 20 years of experience in delivering value and impact across various domains and industries. I have worked with both Fortune 500 and startup companies worldwide, applying my expertise in RegTech, FinTech, MadTech, DLT, and Blockchain to solve complex business challenges and create innovative solutions.

As a General Partner at DLTG fund, I am forming and creating a new concept of Venture Capital 2.0, which is structured, automated, and reliable on a large scale. I am also a Partner and Wealth Manager at a Multi Family Office, where I provide strategic and financial advice to high-net-worth individuals and families. My mission is to help entrepreneurs and investors achieve their goals and visions, by offering them insights, opportunities, and support. I am always curiously learning anything new and looking around the corner to apply it.

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