Thank you for visiting our website, and we warmly welcome you to a club that has helped to enrich so many women's lives. Please read on to know who we are and why we are so motivated.
Poppy Bouet, Co-Events Chair & Owner
Poppy is a bi-national New Zealand/French citizen who has lived in Switzerland since 2010, having lived in London for fifteen years, as well as Paris and Hong Kong.
She graduated from Auckland University with two double conjoint bachelor's degrees in English literature, history of art, political science, and property finance. She later became a certified etiquette coach and protocol advisor through Train the Trainer Grades One and Two with Beaumont Etiquette, the English Manner, and the Protocol Bureau. She is the first person with an NZ passport to attend Institut Villa Pierrefeu and served on the Kensington and Chelsea Women's Club board twice for a total of six years, creating numerous events, including those attended by Royalty, both British and from elsewhere.
In her spare time, when she is not enjoying beautiful Zug, where they live, she is gardening and entertaining in Burgundy, attending art shows or visiting the ateliers of numerous artist friends. She is a Friend of the Zurich Ballet and a new Gonnerin of the Zurich Opera.
Poppy is married with two children, a stepson and two rescue dogs from Romania.
Erica Diazoni, Co-Events Chair
Erica Diazoni is an artist who was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, but has called Switzerland home in the last fifteen years.
Along with her land-based artistic practice; her passions include women's circles, freediving, backcountry ski tours, cha do.
Above all she loves being a mother to her young daughter. While she dreams of exploring more of Asia, if she could be granted a magical power it would be the ability to read any text or poem in its original language and to understand it.
Find her art work at ericadiazoni.com
Photo credit https://carlacoulson.com
Olesya Leuenberger, Founder
Olesya Leuenberger was born in Russia and later pursued her studies at Webster University in Geneva, Switzerland.
Holding both Russian and Swiss citizenship, she has spent much of her life in Switzerland. After studying in Geneva, she relocated to Zurich, where she founded the Ladies Afternoon Tea Club, a private members' club for women. The idea was born from her own desire to meet new people after her move, seeking to create a supportive network and lasting friendships.
In 2022, Olesya was crowned Mrs Switzerland World and went on to represent Switzerland at the Mrs World pageant in Las Vegas.
Today Olesya divides her time between Monte Carlo and Zurich, where she is actively involved in private business ventures, particularly in real estate and innovative startup projects.