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Isabelle Harsch
Isabelle Harsch was born in Geneva in 1987 and holds Swiss/Italian dual nationality. After obtaining a Bachelor in Law in 2009, she continued her education in Berlin for a year, earning a Master in General Law in 2011.
Already at an early age, Isabelle was interested in the family business – Harsch Transports. The company was founded in 1957 by her grandfather Henri Harsch, and subsequently managed by her father Bertrand Harsch for some 40 years. After completing her studies, she joined the company and worked in all the departments for five years to learn the business. She took over as head of the company in 2015. In addition to her role as CEO, Isabelle continues her education in fields such as leadership, labour law and Swiss company administration.
Isabelle also plays an active role with various professional associations and committees, such as AGED (Association Genevoise des Entreprises de Déménagement), SARA (Swiss Association of Relocation Agents) and the SMA (Swiss Movers Association). Harsch Transports is now called Harsch, The Art of Moving Forward, showing our ambition to develop further the company!
Peter Gmür
Peter Gmür was born in Lucerne and graduated from a business school in Lucerne. He lives in the city of Lucerne. After several years in well-known removal and logistics companies in Basel, Brussels, Lausanne and Kiel, he started in 2000 as Quality Manager in the family-owned company Gmür + Co AG in Lucerne. During this time, he continued his education in marketing, management and labour law.
Peter Gmür knows the relocation business from the ground up. In the year 2003 he took over the management of the company and now leads it in the 4th generation. Founded in 1892, the company is one of the oldest removal companies in Switzerland and has strong roots in the Greater Lucerne/Central Switzerland region. In 2014, in an effort to always offer the best service, the company moved into a state-of-the-art furniture warehouse on the periphery of Lucerne. In 2017, the 125th anniversary was celebrated with a large number of guests.
Michel Haener
Michel is a Swiss German originating from Basel, who is born in Geneva in 1981. After obtaining a CFC certificate with an apprenticeship in the Swiss Bank UBS, and an advanced vocational certificate in 2001, he joined the family business DGM Veron Grauer S.A. for four years, before returning to study. He graduates in 2008 with a Bachelor in Business and Administration from the HEG in Geneva. From 2008 till 2011, he worked at the human resources department at Merck Serono S.A. where he developed further his management skills within an international context.
Since 2012, he returned to DGM Veron Grauer S.A. where he recently became the financial and administrator director, and began co-directing the company with his father Rolf Haener and brother Fabio Haener.
Michael Juhàsz
Michael Juhàsz, born in 1977 in East Germany, has lived in Switzerland since 2005. After successfully completing his training as a non-commissioned officer to become a transport manager in the German Armed Forces, he was entrusted in 2000 with the management of ammunition, explosives and fuel transports for the troop base.
After leaving the German Armed Forces, he worked for the Australian Embassy in Berlin in 2003 and 2004 in the Department of Security. This activity resulted in a language stay in Australia, where he also worked for the first time for a moving company – the company Allway Moving in Perth. Here he learns the basics of the moving business from scratch and develops his passion for the industry. When he returns from Australia after a year, it is clear to him that he will remain loyal to the moving business. He starts working for the company W. Wiedmer AG in Zurich.
In 2008 he moves to the Engadin for private reasons and initially switches to Engadin Bus. Less than a year later, he already starts researching to found his own moving company, PIZ3 GmbH. In 2010 he officially opens this company and closes a gap in the Engadin market.
The company has been growing constantly and successfully ever since. It has developed into a local partner for all aspects of removals and transport as well as an art and furniture warehouse. In 2018 Michael Juhàsz is elected to the board of ASTAG’s furniture transport division and in 2019 he is elected to the SMA board.
Dominik Kolecki
Dominik Kolecki was born in Baselland, has lived in Schaffhausen since childhood and is a Swiss citizen. He completed his commercial training with a local removal company, where he then worked for a proud 10 years. This long-term employment enabled him to constantly expand his specialist knowledge, contribute to the company and gain a wealth of experience. His hobbyhorse early on was international removals, where he still works today.
In 2013, he moved to Welti-Furrer, the traditional company headquartered in Zurich. Here he held the position of team leader in the international removals department for 5 years. He has been Deputy Head of Department since 2019 and can now look back on a total of 20 years’ experience in the removals industry. Dominik represents Welt-Furrer at international moving conferences such as FIDI and IAM and is now looking forward to contributing his extensive expertise, commitment and experience to the SMA.
Adrian Röthlisberger
Adrian Röthlisberger was born in 1974 in Bern and successfully completed commercial school in Bern. After various seasonal positions in his younger years, he managed purchasing and production for eight years in an SME that manufactured heat pumps.
In 2008 he joined peyer bern in the moving business. From private client advisor, to corporate client advisor, to large public tenders were his stations. In 2014 he was promoted to the management of peyer bern and was responsible for the field service and led this team. In 2021, after thirteen enjoyable and instructive years, he wanted a change of scenery and moved to Jost Transport AG Basel, Zurich and Solothurn. Here he is employed as a specialist for large projects and travels all over Switzerland for this purpose.
Since 2015 he has been a member of the ASTAG furniture specialist group and since 2017 he has been its vice president. From 2022 he is a member of the board of the SMA. He is the only one on the board who is not also involved in the company where he works. The main reason for his commitment is that he wants to contribute to the creation of a useful network and that it is only through good framework conditions that successful companies in Switzerland can offer work and thus make our prosperity possible.
