SWISSAM Team
The most important competitive advantage of SWISSAM is our faculty.
80% of the teaching staff are international professionals with the necessary teaching status and practical experience in the industry. These are people from different countries who speak a common language - the international language of hospitality. We are taught in English by chefs accredited by the American Culinary Federation (ACF), international specialists in the areas of hotel and restaurant management, financial management, marketing and personnel management - these are people from different countries who speak a common language - the international language of hospitality.
Chiefs and lecturers
- Albina UbyykonFront Office Management, Opera Property Management System, Introduction to HospitalityManager of undergraduate programm, 13 years experience in hospitality
- Patrick FarranFood & Beverage Management, Food Costing & Control, Event Operations, Food & Beverage Facilities ManagementGeneral Manager at First Line Health Care Resort with extensive experience in hospitality, cruise ship operations, pre-openings.
- Dmitriy MelnikovHotel Operation Management20+ years experience in the hospitality industry — experience track from a bartender's assistant to the general director of Wone Hotels.
- Wolfgang KollmannChef instructor
- Ksenia BezborodovaHotel Sales & Revenue ManagementRevenue management, sales and marketing expert. 15 years of experience in hospitality industry, from receptionist to Head of sales and marketing department and Revenue director.
- Ekaterina FominaLecturer on the course Front Office ManagementOperational director of Wawelberg Hotel
- Nikita KibanovFood and Beverage ServiceLotte Hotel training manager.
- Daria AndrievskaiaEntrepreneurship, creativity & innovationCreated customer service training courses, lead teams through openings and rebranding and created profitable solutions for the businesses.
- Aleksandra SlesarevaMarketing courseMore than 10 years of experience in marketing, PR and event management. Worked as Marketing Director of Sofitel Hotel St. Petersburg and W Hotel, Operations Director of Peterhof Golf Club.
- Olga SemenkovaEvent OperationsGeneral Manager of the four-star 1715 Duplex Hotel. More than 14 years of experience in the hospitality industry in management positions.
- Alyona MashkinaEvent managementFounder of The Global Wedding agency. More than 12 years in organizing wedding events, TOP-20 wedding organizers in St. Petersburg.
- Vera SaporovskayaSpanish course24+ years of teaching experience woth strong focus on development and implementation of unique educational programs for children, teenagers and students.
- Aleksandr PescherovLaw in HospitalityLawyer, consultunt, CEO of law firm "Alex prime"
- Tatiana UrbanovichEnglish courseExperience in teaching English, including preparation for IELTS and Cambridge Exam for over 38 years.
- Alisa RysanEnglish course
- Marina VoloshinovaEnglish course
- Nesa DehbashiEnglish course
- Elena UrsovaFinancial Management, Budgeting and Business PlanningFinancial officer in hospitality industry with more than 20 years of experience. ACCA diploma in international financial reporting
- Maria LubarskaiaResearch skills and applied research in the hospitality industryPhD in economics. UNIDO expert. More than 15 years of experience
- Nina SkorobogatovaPersonal and Professional DevelopmentCluster director of human recources Mariott International. Expert in training and development of personnel
- Olga KachalovaExquisite Management"Manager of the year" in Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace. Vice-president of the Russian section of the international Union of concierges
- Olga Prokhorova"Hotel Sales & Revenue Management", "Accommodation Operations", "Room Division Management"Developement director at Alean Collection hotels. Author of several courses, speaker of main industry forums
- Yulia Titova"Human Resource Management", "Cultural awareness and Customer Relations"In the "TOP 1000 russian managers" list by Kommersant. Worked as HR at Cosmos Group, RIMC CIS.
- Pavel SchitovBar Management
- Jimmy SinghIndian, Panasian cuisine
- Manousos SifostratoudakisChef for UG's culinary program and cooking classes; "Hospitality Marketing",
"Restaurant Management", "Purchasing and Cost Control", "Catering Planning and Facilities Management" - Gala KomarItalian cuisine
- Yulia BakovaNutrition, Pastries
- Aleksandr ChistyakovScandinavian cuisine
- Ilya BoytsovSeafood – Fish and Shellfish Poultry and Game birds
- Denis ProkhorovPanasian cuisine
- Roman SkorikovMeat. Beef, Veal, Pork, Lamb
- Irina IvanovaSpanish cuisine
- Petr GulinBaking, Fundamental Dough & Fruits
- Maurizio PeccoloItalian cuisine
- Yulia LimChef instructor
- Yulia KoptevaMozarella, stracciatella, burrata workshop
- Yulia DotsenkoPastry
- Anna VasilevaBaking, Fundamental Dough & Fruits
- Sergey LiagushinHACCP instructor
- Nikita SechinChef-instructor
Team
- Walter SpaltensteinUniversity Ambassador
- Olga WeissExecutive director
- Ekaterina PalievaMarketing & sales director
- Albina UbyykonHead of Undergraduate Studies
- Yulia LimCulinary Campus Manager
- Ekaterina RyabininaExecutive Academic Administrator
- Vadim GoryunovSales Manager
- Valeria AvakyanChief Accountant
- Anastasia KuzminaAdmissions Manager
- Madina IshmatovaMarketing Manager
- Ekaterina KorsakovaSMM Manager
- Gera PichuginaManager of postgraduate programs
- Fatma TagievaAcademic Department Coordinator
- Alisa RysanInternship Manager
- Elena GuryevaInternet Marketing Specialist