{"id":665,"date":"2025-12-12T11:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.apiaswiss.ch\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=665"},"modified":"2025-12-12T13:34:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:34:54","slug":"decouvrir-la-mission-dapia-fevrier-2022","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/apiaswiss.ch\/en\/publication\/decouvrir-la-mission-dapia-fevrier-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover APIA&#039;s mission (February 2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Discover the mission of APIA Swiss<br>Independent Professional Directors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who are we? What are the goals of our association? What does an independent director mean?<br><\/strong>APIA Swiss is a non-profit association founded in January 2018. Its mission is to promote and professionalize the role of Independent Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>With the increase in legal obligations and the number of complex issues surrounding a business,<br>Its management is becoming increasingly complex. The manager doesn&#039;t always have the time to deal with<br>all of these aspects. Guidance and support from a structured board of directors are then essential.<br>Recommended. This helps maintain a clear vision of the company&#039;s role and missions.<br>To define how, legally and practically, to achieve its goals. To create and adapt strategies.<br>To anticipate risks based on reality in order to ensure the sustainability of the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>At APIA, our independent directors are first and foremost professionals. Current or former business leaders, they possess the experience and skills necessary to serve on a board.<br>administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>The board of directors&#039; competencies:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The company&#039;s strategic direction, called &quot;Senior Management&quot;\u00ab<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The organization of society<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Financial control and accounting management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The appointment of persons responsible for management and representation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preparing General Assemblies and implementing decisions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inform the judge in case of over-indebtedness<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to set up your board of directors? Who to choose? What profile? What skills? How to ensure they will defend the company&#039;s interests?<\/strong><br>A board of directors must be represented by people who have specific skills.<br>For example, in taxation, law, IT, and above all, with extensive experience in business management. Diverse, complementary profiles capable of anticipating the future. One of APIA&#039;s goals is to provide competent independent directors in various fields.<br>areas of activity to meet the needs of Swiss SME managers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What are the advantages of adding a Director to your board of directors?<br>Independent APIA<\/strong> :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He has no stake in the company, which guarantees his impartiality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He brings a complementary vision and skills, for example, an administrator<br>independent consultant who has a thorough understanding of issues related to digitalization.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He pulls the leader out of his isolation by exchanging information with complete transparency and in full<br>confidentiality.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He is not financially dependent on a director&#039;s mandate.<br>APIA Swiss has set itself the following objectives:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spreading good governance practices in SMEs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To increase its visibility and integration into the SME ecosystem with the active support of its<br>partners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Continuously strengthen the competence of its members as independent directors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To grow its membership while maintaining a high level of standards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focus on the network of SMEs in French-speaking Switzerland<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>APIA hopes in this way to contribute in its own way to the competitiveness of the Swiss economy.<br>To keep you informed on this topic, we will regularly publish content on the importance of<br>Governance in SMEs in Switzerland. Sharing experiences and, above all, remaining at your disposal.<br>to answer all your questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br>APIA Swiss Team<br>February 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"class_list":["post-665","publication","type-publication","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apiaswiss.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication\/665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apiaswiss.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apiaswiss.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/publication"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apiaswiss.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}