Amalia Zurkirchen

Amalia Zurkirchen

"Even in times of rapid change, vocational education and training must be taken care of by all actors - for young people and the economy."

Work experience
  • Managing director, Commercial Employees Association (KV) Zurich (since 2022) 
  • Head of Training, Member of Executive Board, Swiss Commercial Employees Association (KFMW) (2015-2021)
  • Head of Training and Counselling and Deputy Managing Director, SAH Zurich
  • Head of Training and Counselling Division
  • Pedagogical assistant
  • Course instructor
Education
  • CAS SKU Executive Management, HSG, St. Gallen
  • MAS in Adult and Professional Education, University of Teacher Education, Lucerne
  • CAS in Economics, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Northwestern Switzerland
  • Competence Assessment and Career Counselling, Zurich
  • Tertiary-level professional qualification in adult education, awarded by
  • professional education institution in Lucerne
Teaching experience

Courses for job-seekers, mostly persons who are unaccustomed to studying

Mandates/Memberships
  • President of the School's Council, Wirtschaftsschule KV Zürich