MEHDI DAMAK
President
EPF graduate engineer in Mechanics
Manager to Simon-Kucher & Partners
Mehdi is a manager at the strategy consulting firm, Simon-Kucher & Partners in the Geneva office. He has over 5 years of experience in business growth, monetization, and marketing projects in the financial services, education, and social sectors. Mehdi is currently working on establishing a new internal division dedicated to the public and social sector. Mehdi is a member and co-founder of a global corporate social responsibility committee and coordinates an internal program of Pro Bono projects and social startup coaching. Mehdi holds a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and a Master's degree in mechanical engineering from ETH Zurich.
SIRIN DEHMANI
General secretary
Sirine is a doctor who graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of Tunis. Inspired by teaching, medical research and humanitarian work, she was involved throughout her medical studies with the Standing Committee on Human Rights and Peace of the International Federation of Medical Students' associations. and was president of the Tunisian International Model United Nations.
FARAH ABDELLAH
Treasurer
Engineer graduated EPF in Mathematics and Financial Engineering
Market analyst
A 2018 graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in mathematics and financial engineering, Farah currently works as a Market Analyst in an energy trading company based in Geneva. She is responsible for the development of mathematical models to predict the variation of natural gas prices around the world in order to guide traders in their decision making. While studying at EPFL, Farah joined the association of Tunisian University students in Switzerland in 2012 and became its vice-president in 2014-2015. It is therefore without any hesitation that she decided to renew her associative commitment by joining the founding team of Swiss Tunisian Network in 2021 as treasurer of the association.
HOUSSEM BEN SALEM
Membership Manager
Engineer graduated from EPF in Microtechnology, Applied Optics
R&D Manager at Sylvac SA
Specialist in industrial vision optical technologies. Works in the field of very high precision dimensional measurement. It guides the development, design and manufacture of precision dimensional measuring machines. At the heart of his skills are Hardware development, image processing, Machine Learning as well as team and project management.
Houssem has always been active in the associative world. He is also a founding member of the association Tunisiens Universitaires en Suisse (TUNES). Its commitment to the co-founding of the Swiss Tunisian Network project is the continuity of TUNES and is naturally part of the great dream of having an active and connected Tunisian community.
WASSIM MAOUIA
Public relations and communication manager
EPF graduate engineer in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Sales Engineer at Schneider Electric
A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in electrical and electronic engineering in 2017, and currently a sales engineer at Schneider Electric in Switzerland, he got involved in the associative world at a very young age. Joining the Association of Tunisian University Students in Switzerland in 2011, he became its president for two terms in 2013-2014 and 2014-2015. Launching under his mandate one of the association's flagship projects, the Web4Innovation project, a bootcamp around web technologies, he continued his associative activities with the launch in 2021 of the Applied Machine Learning Days Africa, during the Applied Machine Learning Days of EPFL, one of the biggest event around Machine Learning in Europe.
Continually motivated by the strengthening of scientific, educational and cultural exchanges between Switzerland and Tunisia, he decided to continue his commitment in this direction by co-founding the Swiss Tunisian Network in 2021 and taking responsibility for public relations and communication.
FARAH BOUASSIDA
Events manager
EPF Graduate Engineer in Communication Systems
Product Manager at Proton Technologies AG
After working as a digital strategy consultant, Farah joined Proton technologies to find the field of security which was part of his course at EPFL in Communication Systems. Farah was on the committee of several Swiss associations during his studies such as the Junior Entreprise EPFL and the radiofrequency Banane. She now wishes to participate in building strong links between Tunisian professionals in Switzerland but also in forming partnerships between Tunisia and Switzerland.
MAHMOUD ZGOLL
Responsible programs and projects
Graduate engineer ETH in Microtechnology, Robotics
Signal Processing and Machine Learning Engineer
A graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Microtechnology with a specialization in Robotics and artificial intelligence, Mahmoud is currently an engineer in signal processing and Machine learning in an American startup based in Geneva. In particular, he contributes to the development of his company and the completion of very complex technical phases of the project. His interest in community life began at a very young age when he joined the Nabeul interact club as Treasurer. This interest was reinforced by joining the association of Tunisian University students in Switzerland in 2013. He became its president in 2017-2018. In 2021, he renews his commitment and joins the founding team of Swiss Tunisian Network by occupying the role of program and project manager.
RAMZI KAROUI
Financing Manager
HES Graduate Engineer in Electrical Engineering
Consulting engineer in renewable energies
Graduated from High School of Engineering and Management of the Canton of Vaud (HEIG-VD) in electrical engineering with a specialization in energy systems, He has worked for several years as a consulting engineer in the development of renewable energies and more particularly photovoltaic solar energy. His profession allows him to listen to people, to define their needs and to try to meet them as well as possible. Thanks to his professional activity, he actively participates in reducing the ecological footprint of his clients.
Active and committed to civil society, he is a member of the municipal council of the city of Yverdon-les-Bains for the 2021-2026 legislature, the deliberative body of the City and which constitutes the legislative power. He is also a member of the city's finance committee. His commitment to society and his enthusiasm for development aid between Switzerland and Tunisia have enabled him to join the founding team of Swiss Tunisian Network in 2021 as Head of Funding.