February 4, 2026 · Podcast
stefanundstefan | Cancer doesn’t check any agenda. He just turns up.
«We care for people and their very individual stories.» – With this commitment, Mirjam Lämmle leads the Swiss Cancer League. For cancer is not just a diagnosis, but an experience that changes lives.
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In Switzerland, 68 % of those affected now survive for five years after diagnosis – a medical advance that offers hope. However, cancer is more than just a tumour: it poses immense challenges for the body, mind, and social environment. The Swiss Cancer League addresses these gaps by providing counselling, support, and accessible information. For over 115 years, it has been committed to prevention, early detection, research, and palliative care.
Mirjam Lämmle, CEO of the Swiss Cancer League, values companies that take responsibility: they should embed cancer prevention and early detection within their workplace health management, raise awareness among employees, support affected individuals in remaining in employment, and facilitate their return to work. One in three people in Switzerland will develop cancer during their lifetime. This means that cancer affects us all. A key concern for Mirjam Lämmle is to break the taboo surrounding cancer. The voices of those affected and their relatives should be heard in society and politics. Only through visibility can people living with and after cancer be supported and embraced by society.
Within her organisation, Mirjam fosters a leadership culture that enables impact. Her aim is to create structures in which employees have the scope to act and make decisions, take on responsibility, understand how their work contributes to strategic goals, and are able to develop in an environment characterised by mutual respect, transparency, and trust. Solidarity and humanity are not only values, but are actively put into practice.
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Mirjam Kilunda Lämmle has been CEO of the Swiss Cancer League since August 2024 and a member of the executive management team since 2020. She has always been committed to supporting people in difficult life situations. After working in social services, she took on leadership roles in the cantonal administration of Bern and at the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). She holds master's degrees in social work as well as leadership and management, and an Executive MBA from the Universities of Bern and Rochester (USA). She lives in Bern with her husband and five children.
