Our Team

Meet our Team!

Want to know who is behind Helvetiq?

Creatives at heart, we are passionate about providing you with precious moments of fun, adventure and learning. Enthusiasm is our key ingredient to everything we do.

You can call us adventurous. We’ve lived in many countries from Switzerland to the USA, Germany, Ireland, France, China, Algeria and Denmark. We have come together to craft authentic titles with quality content and sophisticated, yet uncluttered design.

We are committed to diversity, equality and inclusion, and we use our energy, titles and voices to create long-lasting, meaningful change.

Hadi BARKAT

CEO

hadi.barkat@helvetiq.ch

An achievement? Learning to ski alone with 2.20 m Rossignol.
Two cities of heart? Boston and Biskra.
A passion? Reading and writing fiction.

Eleni KARAMETAXAS

Deputy General Manager

eleni.karametaxas@helvetiq.ch

A music? An eclectic mix from hip hop to folk and anything in between.
A dish? Stuffed or filled! Dumplings, Pierogi, Tacos, Bao Buns, Maultaschen, etc.
A language? Greek.

Mégane ERNST

Logistics Coordinator

megane.ernst@helvetiq.ch

An adventure? My 3 months internship in Las Vegas.
A TV Show? Desperate Housewives.
A feeling? The warm sand under my feet.

Aurélie FOUREL

Project & Production Manager

aurelie.fourel@helvetiq.ch

A favorite dish? Perch fillets from Lake Geneva.
A continent? South America.
A hidden talent? Building cardboard huts.

Richard HARVELL

Head of Bergli Books

richard.harvell@bergli.ch

An accomplishment? Publishing a novel.
A holiday? Hiking with my kids across the Alps.
A sport? Ski touring.

Mathilde SPRIET

Communication & Marketing Manager

mathilde.spriet@helvetiq.ch

Two cities of heart? Sagone and Montréal.
A childhood book? Le meilleur des mondes by Aldous Huxley.
A movie? La ligne verte.

Alizée DABERT

Export Manager - Rights Manager

alizee.dabert@helvetiq.ch

An author? Christelle Dabos. Can't wait to see what she has in store for us.
A city? Beijing.
A drink? Tea ! Lapsong, Earl Grey...

Barbara WEUS

Sales & Marketing

barbara.weus@helvetiq.ch

A place? The seaside in Brittany.
A feeling? Waking up in the middle of nature.
A book? Beauté fatale by Mona Chollet.

Ajša ZDRAVKOVIC

Graphic Designer

ajsa.zdravkovic@helvetiq.ch

A painting? Pink Stage by Genieve Figgis.
A dish? Grandma's Schnitzel.
A hobby? Playing piano.

Anneli GANSER

Brand & Product Manager Steffen Spiele

anneli.ganser@helvetiq.com

An adventure? A road trip through Albania.
A favorite weather? Snow with sunshine.
A smell? The smell of fresh coffee.

Myriam SAUTER

Editor

myriam.sauter@helvetiq.ch

A novel? The Hakawati by Rabih Alameddine.
A place? The Mediterranean.
A feeling? The sunshine on my face.

Aude PIDOUX

Editor

aude.pidoux@helvetiq.ch

A smell? The smell of the lake.
A childhood book? My Sweet Orange Tree by José Mauro de Vasconcelos.
An adventure? Karakoram, Pakistan.

Ewelina PROCZKO

Graphic Designer

ewelina.proczko@helvetiq.ch

A dish? My Mom's krokiety and pierogi.
A game? Hollow Knight, Death's Door.
A movie? The Nightmare Before Christmas (and other Tim Burton's movies).

Raphaël NICOLET

Project Manager

raphael.nicolet@helvetiq.ch

A passion? Wind orchestras.
A hobby? All paper arts: Origami, Papertoys, Quilling...
A game? Orleans, by Reiner Stockhausen.

Florent GAILLARD

Sales Manager

florent.gaillard@helvetiq.ch

A place? Among the flowers and vegetables in my garden.
Another place? All imaginary places, in books, games, films and TV series...
A painting? Van Gogh's Starry Night (1889).

Anina BRUGGMANN

Sales and Marketing Assistant

anina.bruggmann@helvetiq.ch

A place? Arosa.
A hobby? Swimming.
An adventure? Going on a walk with cheetahs from a wildlife sanctuary in Namibia.

Chloé CHÂTELAIN

Graphic Designer Intern

chloe.chatelain@helvetiq.ch

A dish? Fondue.
A sport? Ice hockey.
A book? Belonging by Nora Krug.

Shona HOLMES

US Coordinator

shona.holmes@helvetiq.ch

A place? Lenk im Simmenthal.
A hobby? Yodelling.
A smell? Fresh snow.

Magali KNOBEL

Accounting

magali.knobel@helvetiq.ch

A climate? Tropical.
A music? Renaud.
A city of heart? Quebec City.

Nadia AEBERLI

Editorial Project Manager

nadia.aeberli@helvetiq.com

A drink? Coffee.
A city? Hanoi.
A habit? Writing by the lake.

Angela WADE

International Publishing Fellow

angela.wade@helvetiq.ch

A place? The balcony at the Gleneagles Bar, Mgarr Harbor, Gozo, Malta.
An accomplishment? Walking across Switzerland from Constance to Geneva.
A smell? Eucalyptus leaves.

Lisa WALDVOGEL

Sales and Marketing Intern

lisa.waldvogel@helvetiq.ch

A smell? Lavender on the markets of Ardèche.
A movie? Man bites dog with the inimitable Benoît Poelvoorde !
A poem? Jadis, si je me souviens bien by Arthur Rimbaud.

Philippa SMITH

Editorial and Marketing Intern

philippa.smith@helvetiq.ch

A smell? Needles from a European red pine.
A place? Acqui Terme in Piedmont.
A poem? This Is Just To Say by William Carlos Williams.

Typhenn HAMICHE

CEO Project Assistant

typhenn.hamiche@helvetiq.ch

A hobby? Cooking.
A painting? Seated Harlequin - Picasso.
A smell? Freshly baked bread.

Lucie MORAT