Marketing & Communications

Susannah Todd

Portrait

Susannah Todd studied French at the University of Kent and the Université de Grenoble, where she completed her master’s degree. She has worked in various fields of communication, including finance, agribusiness, education, pharmaceuticals, audiovisual production and entertainment. For five months, she worked as a freelance translator for a large law firm in London. Over the years, she has devoted her voluntary work to social inclusion: she has facilitated social activities for the elderly, narrated a local newspaper for the visually impaired, and written and recorded a collection of poems commissioned by the British Army for soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Experience / Education

  • Communications and marketing for DUFOUR and proFonds, the umbrella organization for charitable foundations in Switzerland (since 2024)

  • Experience in communication in the following sectors: finance, agribusiness, education, pharmaceuticals, audiovisual production and entertainment (1998–2024)

  • Five-month contract as a freelance translator for a large law firm in London (2016-2017)

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Acting for the Screen, England (2008)

  • Master’s degree (MA) in Modern Literature, University of Grenoble, France (1996–1997)

  • BA in French magna cum laude, University of Kent, Canterbury, England (1992–1996)
  • Licence ès Lettres Modernes (BA in French) in Modern Literature, University of Grenoble, France (1994–1995)

Commitment

  • Volunteer work at the Junioratelier Basel association (2020–2023)

  • Head of pre-school section, theatre workshop leader and safety officer at “1, 2, 3 Soleil”, a non-profit French Saturday school for bilingual children (2010-2018)Leiterin des Kindergartens, Theater Workshop-Leiterin und Schutzbeauftragte bei «1, 2, 3 Soleil», einer gemeinnützigen französischen Samstagsschule für zweisprachige Kinder (2010-2018)

  • Charity piano recitals for Princess Royal Trust Carers’ Service, Crossroads Caring for Carers Ltd., Wokingham & District Association for the Elderly, England (2010–2011)

  • Narrator, Talking Newspapers for the visually impaired, Maidenhead Advertiser, England (2010–2011)

  • Poet and voiceover artist, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department (RACD), Great Britain (2010)

  • Activity leader, storyteller and performer, Women’s Royal Voluntary Service, Maidenhead, England (2009-2011)