Michael Sandmeier

Bridging cultures together🔸 Interkulturelle Projektleitung und Mediation

Erlenbach, Zurich, Switzerland

About

I believe in the power of trusted business relationships. As a commercial mediator, I help companies build, maintain and capitalise on stable and sustainable partnerships across cultural and linguistic boundaries. My approach is a combination of commercial mediation, project management and marketing. I draw on my extensive experience in leadership roles in complex organisations, my multilingualism and my cultural background in German- and French-speaking Switzerland.

Experience

  • Head Global Expansion & Marketing at CLINIK Hair Removal
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    I'm helping Clinic Laser Hair Removal cross the Roestigraben and expand to Zurich and beyond by translating and repositioning the brand to fit Swiss-german culture, bringing the best people together, building bridges and creating mutual understanding.

  • Co-Founder & Mediator | Roestigraben Mediation at Roestigraben Mediation
    Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    I help companies, organizations and individuals resolve conflicts in their relationships and move forward in their projects. With professional mediation and effective project management in German, French and English. www.roestigrabenmediation.com

  • Executive Board Member at Institut für Mediation Zürich
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Better Problems (5 yrs 4 mos)
    • Co-Founder & Trust Researcher | Better Problems KIG
      Apr 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

      With the Better Problems think tank, we aim to better understand trust in organizations and make it actionable. We bring together expertise, knowledge, and practice from neuroscience, organizational theory, and behavioral therapy to develop coaching concepts and tools for businesses. www.betterproblems.ch

    • Founder & Turnaround Consultant | SaveYourStartup
      Jul 2022 - Feb 2023 · 8 mos

      Recognising that too many investors lose money with startups in their portfolios that fail to gain traction, I created and tested a prototype business model where I use my well-rounded strategic and operational skills to help investors with their struggling startups. After a successful project in the field of protein drink dispensing, I realised that my passion lay elsewhere and ultimately decided to discontinue it.

  • Travel at Career Break
    Aug 2020 - Jul 2021 · 1 yr

    Broadening horizons in Costa Rica and South Africa.