Last week, our partner Samuel Devanthéry started the CAS in Corporate Governance at HES-SO Valais-Wallis, a rigorous, high-level programme focused on the role of boards of directors in driving organisational transformation.
This might seem like a straightforward piece of news. But behind it lies a deliberate choice, and a conviction we have held since founding DHAC: continuous learning is not a luxury. It is a responsibility we owe to every client who places their trust in us.
Why keep learning when you are already in practice?
It is a fair question. Between client mandates, running the firm, and business development, time is scarce. It would be easy to postpone, to tell yourself that experience is enough.
But it is precisely because we are active, day in, day out, inside the accounts, the strategies, and the decisions of our clients — that continued learning makes sense. It does not happen despite fieldwork: it deepens it.
The SME world moves fast. Governance, sustainability, digital transformation, financial performance, these are no longer topics reserved for large corporations. Our clients — entrepreneurs, business owners, project leaders, face increasingly complex challenges. Our role is to be genuinely equal to those challenges, not just technically proficient.
Corporate governance: relevant at every size
The programme Samuel Devanthéry is following centres on a fundamental question: how can boards of directors support organisational transformation in a world that is more complex, interconnected, and sustainability-driven?
What this question reveals is that good governance is not the exclusive domain of multinationals. A well-governed SME is one with clearly defined roles, reliable financial information, and leadership that makes decisions on solid foundations — not on gut feeling or approximate figures.
That is precisely what we build with our clients, mandate after mandate: structures that hold, so that leadership can steer with confidence.
What this means for you
When one of our partners follows a training programme, it is not only their individual knowledge that grows. It is our entire practice that benefits.
New frameworks to read organisational performance. New questions to ask about decision-making structures. New perspectives on what it truly means to create lasting value.
All of this feeds directly back into our work with you — in how we design your dashboards, how we structure your reporting, and how we challenge your strategic direction.
A firm that never stops learning
At DHAC, we define ourselves as entrepreneurs who serve entrepreneurs. That comes with a standard of self-demand we are not willing to lower.
Learning means accepting that what you already know is never the full picture. It means staying curious. And it means honouring the trust of those who mandate us.
Beyond our own ambition, continued professional development is also part of our formal commitments: as members of EXPERTsuisse, the Swiss chamber of certified accountants and tax experts, and in line with our obligations towards the Swiss supervisory authority (ASR), we are required to maintain and demonstrate ongoing professional development.
We see this not as a constraint, but as a floor, a minimum standard we are committed to going well beyond
We wish Samuel Devanthéry every success in this programme, and to our clients: you will be the first to benefit from it.
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