Degrees in Media Studies, German Philology, Constitutional Law (University of Bern), Marketing (Management Center St. Gallen), certified PR consultant (SAWI). Media specialist at Swiss Television SRF (1994-1998). Programme director TV3 (1998-2001), CEO of MTV Central (2001-2003), CEO of MTV Central & Emerging Markets (2003-2008), board member of VIVA Media AG (2004-2008). Since 2008 Catherine Mühlemann has been self-employed entrepreneur, investor and member of boards of directors, including Sunrise Communications AG, CH Media TV AG, Jungfraubahn Holding AG.

Co-founder and managing director of DCM in Berlin. Since 2008 international productions of films such as “Kon-Tiki” (2011), Dustin Hoffman’s directorial debut “Quartett” (2011), the adaptation of Nick Hornby’s bestseller “A Long Way Down” (2012), the children’s film trilogy “Bibi & Tina” (2013-15), or «Mediterranea» (2015). Since 2010 DCM has also distributed films in Germany (“The Artist”, “La grande bellezza” and “Carol” as well as the Swiss box-office hits “Dürrenmatt” and “Schellen Ursli”, among others). Since 2013 distribution activities also in Switzerland.

Studied social and political sciences at the University of Lausanne, training in publishing management and online marketing. She started her career in the late 1990s at Publicitas in Zurich and New York. She has worked for various media companies and digital marketing agencies. As of 2018, she began working for the digital marketing agency Gamned! Schweiz AG, since January 2022 as its managing director, DACH & CZ region. Since 2021, Vice President of communication, IAA Swiss Chapter & Board Member of the Global Board IAA (International Advertising Association).

After graduating from the University of Fribourg, Aline Schmid studied scriptwriting in Stuttgart. With Intermezzo Films she has produced several creative documentaries and fiction features, such as SONITA (Sundance / IDFA) and BROKEN LAND (Locarno / Rotterdam). She participated in the programs Emerging Producer (Jihlava 2013) and Producer on the Move (Cannes 2015). In 2016 she founded Beauvoir Films. Her latest productions include THE GIRL AND THE SPIN (Berlinale 2021) and L'ART DU SILENCE (Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis 2022).

From 2018 to 2023 Administrative Director of Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK. From 2011 to 2017 Deputy director of the Culture Department for the City of Zurich, responsible for the business administration of the department and the city’s own cultural institutions. She acquired in-depth knowledge in the field of foundations while representing the City of Zurich in several cultural foundations (Zurich Film Foundation, among others). Prior to this, she managed the media centre for the Swiss National Exhibition (Expo.02) and represented building owners in both the public and private sectors.

Nicolas Steiner studied in Denmark (European Film College) and Germany (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg), received a Fulbright scholarship to the San Francisco Art Institute and was Artist in Residence in Brooklyn, NY. For his film ABOVE AND BELOW (2015), he won several German Film Awards and Swiss Film Awards. For Netflix, he produced the original true crime series DIG DEEPER: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF BIRGIT MEIER, broadcast in 194 countries and 36 languages. He is currently working as director on the Swiss-German coproduction DO YOU BELIEVE IN ANGELS, MR DROWAK (working title), starring Luna Wedler, Karl Markovics and Lars Eidinger.

He is a specialist with extensive experience in the media and broadcasting sector and has held various positions in programme planning and development at international media companies. At SRG, his responsibilities include the development and maintenance of the Play Suisse streaming platform. Mandates (selection): Member of Foundation Board of the “Fondation pour la création numérique”, Chairman of the Eurovision Song Contest Reference Grou, Member of the Board of Directors of Mediapulse

Studied cinema at HEAD–Genève. Cofounder of Cinema Spoutnik, Laïka Films and Paradigma Films. Board member of the Swiss Film Academy and the Antenne romande of the Swiss filmmakers’ association ARF/FDS.
Former President of ARF/FDS and AROPA. Former Vice-President of the Federal Film Commission and REGIO Films.
Films (selection): SQUATTERS (1995), PAS DE CAFE, PAS DE TELE, PAS DE SEXE (1999), ABSOLUT (2004), DAWN (2014), ET ISRAËL FUT… (2018)