Andrés Villalaz

Andrés Villalaz is a Principal at The Culture Institute. He has over 20 years of experience across various industries and roles in Switzerland and internationally. One thing has always been at the forefront of his work: people.

Whether building a customer service center at Heineken, designing a global learning and development program at Forbo International, or successfully transitioning a national key account to a new generation of contracts at ISS Switzerland, similar challenges emerged time and again. How do you inspire people to commit to shared goals? How do teams achieve high performance? And what role does leadership play in this process? These questions drive Andrés every day in his work as a leader, coach, and advisor. For him, organizational culture is a key element of success.

Andrés Villalaz studied Business Administration at ZHAW. He completed an Executive MBA through a consortium of the University of Maastricht, EADA in Barcelona, IAE in Marseille, and Kozminski University in Warsaw. In his master’s thesis, he focused on organizational culture and its impact on high-performance organizations.
He also completed the LEAD Program at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.