Yannic studied International Relations at the University of Geneva and the Università Bocconi in Milan and has been working as Policy Kitchen Intern at foraus since August 2020. For the past two years, Yannic has been active as a volunteer within the organisation «Sustainability Week Switzerland» and as a board member of the Swiss Association of Student Organisations for Sustainability (VSN-FDD-FSS). He gained further experience as delegate of «Swiss Youth for Climate» at the UN Climate Change Conference COP25 in Madrid and with a local NGO in Sucre, Bolivia.