Buyer's Table: What Innovation Managers need today

Senior Innovation Expert • Groupe Mutuel

Gilles Burnier is Senior Innovation Expert at Groupe Mutuel, one of Switzerland’s leading health insurance companies. In this role, he leads the company’s AI technology-scouting efforts, helping to identify, evaluate and implement emerging technologies that align with strategic innovation imperatives in health- and insurtech. panoramai.ch +2 LinkedIn +2 He is particularly focused on practical AI deployment, developer empowerment and transforming large-scale regulated organisations through digital innovation. For example, his work has included enabling nearly 300 internal developers to adopt AI-assisted development tools as standard practice. panoramai.ch With a background in innovation strategy, data-driven transformation and technology adoption, Burnier acts as a bridge between startup ecosystems, emerging deep-tech and enterprise scale-up environments. He is actively engaged in collaborations across sectors and leverages experience in emerging-tech scouting, regulation and internal innovation enablement.

Operations and Startup Manager • Trust Valley

Stream Lead - Signing, Group Strategy & Business Development • Swisscom

Michel Lapiccirella is the Stream Lead for Signing at Group Strategy & Business Development at Swisscom, where he oversees a value stream dedicated to advancing digitalisation and digital trust. His focus lies on the successful implementation and diffusion of Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES), a key enabler in creating secure and trusted digital transactions. Michel's work is instrumental in enhancing business process efficiency, ensuring legal compliance, and reducing reliance on paper-based processes. By driving the adoption of paperless workflows, Michel and his team contribute significantly to sustainability efforts, helping businesses reduce their carbon footprint. His expertise lies in the intersection of trust, technology, and environmental responsibility. Prior to working in the Digital Trust area, Michel held leadership roles in Product Management and Agile Transformation at Swisscom, where he drove innovation and efficiency across the organisation.

Responsable Innovation & IA • Genève Aéroport

Jérôme Michaud is Head of Innovation & AI at Genève Aéroport, where he drives digital transformation and strategic innovation initiatives. With experience spanning Procter & Gamble and the FemTech startup PhenomX Health, he combines corporate leadership with entrepreneurial insight. An EPFL-trained materials engineer and certified PMP®, he specialises in innovation strategy, operational excellence and building high-performance teams.

Digital technologies Manager Research & Innovation • Richemont

Clément Minault is an Innovation & Team lead with over 10 years of experience in digital innovation across luxury, automotive, and technology industries. He leads cross-functional &  multicultural teams to deliver breakthrough digital technologies from exploration to industrialization. Bringing a diverse experience, from industrialization projects between Germany and Algeria, piloting autonomous vehicles in California, to introducing new technologies in the luxury industry. He is currently at Richemont, in the department of Research & Innovation, leading the Digital Technologies team.

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