Nicole Bardet is a member of the Executive Board of the Alternative Bank Schweiz Ltd., in charge of loans to companies and responsible for the introduction of sociocratic methods within the bank. As a member of the committee of an association aiming at the ecological transition in her region, she was able to test new forms of organisation, participation and decision making, which inspired her professional activity. Nicole Bardet was president of the Fédération Romande des Consommateurs in her adopted canton of Fribourg. She is a member of the foundation board of an