Hugues Chatelain | Urs Keller | Daniel Rolla | Pascal Masapollo
Founder & President | Vice President | Vice President | Vice President
The people behind SocietyVision are a business executive, an architect, an entrepreneur, and a firm conviction: the most successful organisations will be those that are most committed to society ? Contact us !
Hugues Chatelain, Founder & President (hc@society.vision):
From Paris to Berne, via Vienna, The Hague, Frankfurt and Zurich, Hugues has 30 years' experience in strategic positions: general management, services, sales and marketing. At Renault, Nikon Europe, Fiat Chrysler, Audi and most recently as Managing Director of Euromaster Switzerland, he has learned that "a company's social impact also contributes to its economic success".
To share this conviction, in 2014 he published the book "Penser autrement: l'entreprise, la société et le capitalisme durable". Then, in 2018, he developed the SocietyVision method, based on projects with Raiffeisen Wagrain- Kleinarl in Austria ( affordable housing) and the Accademia Teatro Dimitri (SUPSI) in Switzerland (physical theater).
"As a senior executive, social entrepreneur and founder of SocietyVision, I am convinced that the key differentiating factor for companies is their ability to create a positive impact on society".
That's why Hugues helps companies and NPOs to co-develop social, cultural and environmental projects. With success: "The SocietyVision method," he notes, "increases motivation, innovation, reputation and profitability for companies while creating a measurable positive impact on society".
Urs Keller, Vice President (uk@society.vision):
Architect graduated from DESA, SIA, REG A, was born in Zurich. After completing his training as a certified building draftsman under Ernst Gisel (Zurich), he studied at the École Spéciale d'Architecture (Paris) and the California State Polytechnic University in Los Angeles. He was inspired by Eric Owen Moss (Los Angeles) as well as Carme Pinos and Paul Virilio (Paris). He gained professional experience in renowned offices in Paris, including Marc Mimram, Christian Biecher, and Brullmann & Crochon assoc.
In 2006, he founded eh-k architekten, and in 2021, avantrace architekten gmbh. Active in international professional associations, he is committed to promoting exchange between cultural and linguistic regions. Urs Keller lives in Zurich, is married, and a father of one son.
Daniel Rolla, Vice President (dr@society.vision):
In 1995, while working as a human resources specialist at Disney, Daniel first came into contact with interim management. He was immediately drawn to the concept. After holding various professional positions in France, England, and Germany, he decided to return to his home country, Switzerland, in 2009. It was there that he created an innovative and fully remote company: Swiss Interim Management. When asked about the secret to SIM's success, he smiles and says, "Motivated employees!" In his private life, he manages his own organic farm. Whether it's milking cows or planting potatoes, Daniel knows all about agriculture. With his knowledge, he also supports the humanitarian work of the Swiss NGO Sénégalité.
Pascal Masapollo, Vice President (pm@society.vision)
Pascal is a grounded entrepreneur with an open outlook on the world. After several years in executive roles at the Michelin Group, he chose to return to France to take over and transform the family business, PIMAS SA, which specializes in adapting vehicles for people with reduced mobility and driving schools, with an in-house embedded systems design division. He embodies a new generation of leaders: committed, clear-sighted, and impact-driven.
Under his leadership, PIMAS is strengthening its economic role in the region while embracing a broader societal mission. Through this path, Pascal bridges industrial performance with innovation and social value. He joins SocietyVision with a clear belief: another economy is possible – one that is place-based, alive, and aligned with the long term.
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Financial appetite is devouring society for the sake of profit maximisation. WHY have we reached this point ? The motto of our current system is profit maximization, no matter the cost for society. Profit is gnawing away at the substance of our common good ! Are we going to continue to put up with this?
Change is possible. Placing the good of society at the heart of business is one of the keys to change. Can we rethink the way we do business to create sustainable capitalism? RETHINK is the keyword in the paradigm shift.
The fiduciary obligations of the company's managers must be adapted to the change in its purpose. The duality of the vision changes decision-making: profit, social and environmental are inseparable parameters and one cannot take precedence over the other.
We often think that capital, labour and societal values are conflicting. True or false? But capital, labour and societal values do have common points of interest. To unify these values we need to rebalance the system, to have SHARED PROFITABILITY TARGETS which favour societal progress.
The keys to change: move from a profit centred system to shared values. Rethink business organisation with three targets: 1) Return on equity, 2) Employees’ participation, 3) Positive impact on society.
How can we achieve this ? Grouping together under a cooperation structure the traditional businesses activities and a NPO (non profit organisation). Traditional business activities finance societal development through the NPO, which acts as a facilitator at local, regional or national level. The GROWTH principle is replaced by the PROGRESS principle.
The challenge is to switch to a new management mode, which is societal and responsibility driven and to change our mindset from COMPETITION to COOPERATION, to replace GROWTH with PROGRESS, to combine RETURN o/ EQUITY targets with the imperatives of RETURN o/ SOCIETY
Societal good is at the heart of the new organisation, employees are the driving force and capital the enabler. The challenge is to rethink the welfare state and stimulate business social responsibility. The role of the State must focus on redistributing the prerogatives of public action to responsible businesses.
Customers, investors, employees, public authorities: they all demand social commitments... and results. But in practical terms, how can you create a positive impact on society while increasing the performance of your organisation ?
