Speaker of the day: Gérald Métroz — Leadership and Management

Gérald Métroz was born in Martigny (Switzerland) in 1962. At the age of two, he lost both his legs following a train accident.

Doing what you love takes less energy than it gives you.

And even before knowing the definition of resilience, he made sure to lead his life as he saw fit. Relying on his loved ones, he would succeed professionally and socially, even participating in the Atlanta Paralympic Games in 1996. His career path is varied; he has, among other things, been a sports journalist, club president, coach, author of books on international hockey, and president-founder of a sports consulting company.

Today, he travels the world to share his experience through conferences and the presentation of his various films and documentaries.Valais Orientation Cycles

Valais University of Applied Sciences – "Put yourself in my shoes" event

Valais University of Applied Sciences in Sierre: Education Sciences – Physiotherapy sections

Board of Directors of Securitas Direct S.A.

Fribourg Public Transport – "Youth Health" event

HR Group of French-speaking Switzerland

Managers of Manor Switzerland, Coop Switzerland Sales Group, EPFZ, University of Zurich, Banque Cantonale du Valais, Union Bancaire Privée Geneva, etc…Languages spoken by the speaker:

• French
• English
• German
• Spanish

Gérald Métroz can host conferences in French, English, German, and Spanish, making him available for conferences within local and international companies with multilingual teams.With UnoMe and Gérald Métroz, allow your employees, executives, administrators, and leaders to benefit from his conferences on resilience, how to value your failures, and to undertake creatively.

Working on our vision of the world and its influence on our state of mind and our actions are also among the major challenges to be met in business, and Gérald will be there to testify to it.

• A difference to share
• Applying resilience in business
• Isn't life beautiful?

1986: Professional journalist license RP

1989: Creation of the company Gérald Metroz Sports Consulting (GMSC), which would later become "Third Eye Services S.A.," one of the largest European agencies for representing professional hockey players.

1991: Release of the book "Au Coeur du Hockey" Ed. Compton, Sherbrooke, Canada

1996: Participation in the Atlanta Paralympic Games, tennis

2001: Release of the book "Soudain un train" by Jacques Briod, Ed. Autrement Paris

2006: Release of the film-documentary: "Gérald Métroz, Elle est pas belle la vie?" by Jean-François Amiguet

2007: Participation in the opening of the exhibition "Despite the barriers" in Istanbul (15.01.2007) created by photographer Serdar Bilgili in collaboration with "Tempo" magazine, an exhibition on the integration of people with disabilities into Turkish society.

22-28.01.2007: Presentation of the film "Elle est pas belle la vie?" at the 42nd Solothurn Film Days1991: 15th player in the Swiss ranking

1992: 4th Swiss player – National youth team (Swiss B-Team)

1993: 2nd Swiss player & 137th world ranking (IWTF), Swiss national team

member of the Swiss World Cup team in Villach, Austria, 7th place

1994: Swiss number 1, 22nd world player & Member of the Swiss World Cup team in Nottingham, Great Britain, 10th place

1995: Swiss number 1, 33rd world player, 13th world doubles player & Member of the Swiss World Cup team in Roermond, Netherlands, 13th place

1996: Swiss number 1, 32nd world player & Member of the Swiss World Cup team in Melbourne, Australia, 11th place & Swiss number 1, 22nd world player & Member of the Swiss team at the Atlanta Paralympic Games, 5th place by team

1997: Swiss number 1 and member of the Swiss team

1998: Swiss number 1

A total of 10 individual and doubles Swiss championship titles

Special Distinctions:

1992: Haute-Savoie Open, cup for the best player from the qualifications

1993: Obtained the "Youth + Sport" monitor I tennis diploma & Qualification for the "European Masters" in Tarbes, France, 7th place

1996: Participation in the Atlanta Paralympic Games, 1/4 finalist in doubles, Olympic diploma