Anne-Sophie Brochard-Loiseau — AS Advisory

The person behind the practice

Anne-Sophie Brochard-Loiseau

Founder · Executive Search, Talent & Organisation Advisor · Certified Coach

Over more than 20 years, Anne-Sophie has built an international career at the intersection of business, organisations and people. Her experience spans Executive Search and recruitment, consulting and corporate HR, Talent and organisational transformation, as well as coaching.

Working across different industries, functions and cultures has given her both a broad understanding of how organisations operate and a deeply human understanding of the professionals and leaders behind performance, growth and transformation.

Anne-Sophie Brochard-Loiseau
02Her Journey

A perspective shaped on both sides of the table

01

Learning to look beyond the brief

Anne-Sophie began her career in consulting, recruitment and Executive Search. Working across industries, functions and international markets taught her that a successful appointment begins long before approaching candidates: with a clear understanding of the organisation, the role and what success will genuinely require.

It also shaped a conviction that remains central to her work today: people should be understood beyond their CV, and roles beyond their job description.

02

Experiencing transformation from within

Moving inside a global healthcare organisation gave Anne-Sophie a first-hand understanding of how strategic and organisational decisions are made — and how deeply they affect people.

During nearly a decade within the same evolving international Consumer Healthcare business — from Novartis Consumer Health through the joint venture that created GSK Consumer Healthcare, which later became Haleon — she worked closely with global R&D leaders across Switzerland, the United States and India.

Her experience encompassed strategic workforce and resource planning, organisation design, capability development, specialist recruitment and transformation. Her involvement in a major cross-border R&D restructuring and the implementation of a Swiss Social Plan brought her into close collaboration with leaders, employees, legal counsel, employee representatives and social partners.

This experience reinforced her conviction that business decisions and human consequences must always be considered together — and that the way change is prepared, communicated and implemented matters.

03

Connecting strategy, talent and delivery

Subsequent roles and assignments across Life Sciences, healthcare, consumer goods, luxury and sport broadened Anne-Sophie’s perspective across Executive Search, specialist recruitment, Talent, organisational transformation and HR delivery.

Working closely with executives, HR leaders, managers and international teams strengthened her ability to connect external market insight with internal organisational realities. It also developed her capacity to move from strategic questions to practical action — whether clarifying a critical hire, strengthening Talent practices, supporting organisational change or enabling the adoption of new HR processes and technologies.

04

Bringing coaching into the practice

Over time, Anne-Sophie’s interest in people, leadership and change developed naturally into coaching and human development. She became a Certified Professional Coach through the Institut de Coaching in Geneva and later complemented this expertise with a Change Management certification from IMD.

Coaching does not sit apart from her wider experience. It deepens the way she listens, challenges and supports others — whether helping an organisation make a critical people decision or enabling a professional or leader to find greater clarity, confidence and direction.

03Perspective

Three convictions that guide the work

Across external advisory, internal HR and coaching, three convictions have consistently shaped Anne-Sophie’s approach.

01 · Business and people belong in the same conversation

Strategy, organisation, leadership, capabilities and people are deeply interconnected. Sustainable performance depends not only on the decisions that are made, but also on how they are understood, experienced and implemented.

02 · The first request is only the starting point

A recruitment brief, talent challenge or career transition rarely tells the whole story. Anne-Sophie looks beyond the initial request to understand what is driving it, what needs to be achieved and what a meaningful outcome would genuinely require.

03 · Broader perspective creates better options

Working across industries, functions, geographies and cultures has taught Anne-Sophie to approach each situation with curiosity and without predetermined answers. This broader perspective enables her to challenge assumptions, connect different points of view and identify possibilities that may not have been immediately visible.

04International Perspective

Across cultures, with curiosity

Anne-Sophie’s international experience has shaped more than her geographical perspective. It has strengthened her ability to listen without assumptions, adapt to different organisational and cultural environments, and build trust with people from diverse backgrounds.

Based in Switzerland and working internationally, she works fluently in French, English and Spanish, while continuing to develop her German.

05Beyond Work

Long before Human Resources, there was dance.

For sixteen years, classical dance was a defining part of Anne-Sophie’s life, with extensive training in conservatory and opera environments.

Dance taught her that progress is built through discipline, perseverance, precision and continuous refinement. It also developed a lasting appreciation for presence, movement and the individual work behind every performance.

Ballet pointe shoes with flowing tulle ribbons on a soft marble surface

Space to move.
Space to think.

Today, Anne-Sophie finds balance through nature, sport, skiing and golf, while remaining deeply curious about people, personal development and continuous learning.

Family, friendship and meaningful relationships are essential anchors in her life. She is naturally drawn to people whose experiences, cultures and perspectives differ from her own, and has an instinctive ability to create warm, trusting relationships in which others feel at ease, heard and understood.

Swiss alpine landscape with snow-capped peaks, green meadows and a winding path at sunset
DisciplinePerseverancePrecisionEmpathyConnection
“Sustainable performance begins with alignment — between who we are, what we can contribute and where we choose to invest our energy.”

Anne-Sophie Brochard-Loiseau

06Credentials

Professional foundations

Certified Professional Coach

Institut de Coaching (IDC) · Geneva · 2021

Change Management Certification

IMD · Switzerland · 2023

Master’s in Management

HR Specialisation · Excelia Business School

Assessment, Development & Coaching Methodologies

Predictive Index · Certified Practitioner

AssessFirst

Insights Discovery

Competency-Based Interviewing

NLP Foundations

07Conversation

Continue the conversation

Whether you would like to discuss an organisational challenge or critical hire, explore a career or leadership question, or consider a potential collaboration, Anne-Sophie welcomes the opportunity to understand your context and explore how she may support you.