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Senior Communications and Public Relations Manager

Work Experience

Areas of Expertise:
• Strategic Corporate Communications, Public Relations and Public Affairs on local, national and international levels
• Internal Communications and Event Management
• Corporate Publishing (print and online) including financial disclosure
• Crisis Communications and Issues Management
• Marketing Communications (below- and above-the-line) and Product Marketing
• Change management and M&A support
• Reputation management and image-building
• Business-to-business und consumer communications
• Cross-border staff and project management

Professional Career:

October 2008 to date
Consulting and Communications Projects in cooperation with agencies and specialised consulting firms in Germany and Switzerland

April 2007 - August 2008 ADECCO MANAGEMENT & CONSULTING S.A., GLATTBRUGG/ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
Manager Group Internal Communications

March 2003 - November 2006 BANK JULIUS BAER & CO. LTD., ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
Vice President, Head of Media Relations & Internal Communications

August 2000 - September 2002 SWISS RE, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
Deputy Head of Group Media Relations & Internal Communications and Media Spokesperson of Swiss Re Group

July 1994 - June 2000 DAIMLERCHRYSLER SERVICES (DEBIS) AG, FINANCIAL SERVICES DIVISION, STUTTGART/BERLIN, GERMANY
MERCEDES-BENZ FINANCE LTD., MILTON KEYNES, ENGLAND
(January 1996 – December 1999)
Product Marketing Manager and Manager Corporate Communications at the division’s operating finance and leasing company in the United Kingdom and head office of the region Western Europe and South Africa

October 1997: set-up and management of the new corporate function Corporate Communications including recruitment of staff

January 1996: responsibility for Marketing Communications, product-related Public Relations, Sales Promotion and Advertising

DAIMLER-BENZ INTERSERVICES (DEBIS) AG, FINANCIAL SERVICES DIVISION, CORPORATE CENTRE, STUTTGART, GERMANY (July 1994 – December 1995)
Marketing Manager

April 1991 - June 1994
Freelance Communications Consultant in Frankfurt and Berlin

November 1988 - March 1991 BURSON-MARSTELLER, PUBLIC RELATIONS/PUBLIC AFFAIRS, FRANKFURT (MAIN), GERMANY
Key Account Manager and Project Leader

December 1987 - October 1988 FEDERAL ARMY (BUNDESWEHR), REGIONAL COMMAND FACILITIES IN STADTALLENDORF/HESSEN AND MAINZ, GERMANY
Public Relations and Youth Liaison Officer

Education

1981 – 1987 UNIVERSITY OF FRANKFURT (MAIN), GERMANY
Degree: Master of Arts equivalent in German and French Literature, Linguistics and History

1979 – 1981
Certificate of International Trade, awarded by the Chamber of Industry & Commerce, Frankfurt

1977 – 1979 NATIONAL MILITARY SERVICE
Officer training and education

1968 – 1977 HIGHSCHOOL: A-levels equivalent

Skills

• Media spokesperson at international blue-chip companies
• Good relations to all leading European and international media, acknowledged service providers, business associations and other networking bodies
• Strategic and creative counselling, concept development, operational planning, hands-on support, implementation and success monitoring
• Development and steering of tailored communications measures and processes aiming to support M&A and restructuring projects
• Counselling of decision-makers in business, politics and public services
• Counselling and practical support of operating units in different European countries
• Design and implementation of cross-border projects and campaigns
• Creative editing and ghost-writing
• Communications related to international events on board and executive level
• Planning, design and hosting of media events in different European countries
• Design and realisation of media training workshops and tutorials for members of the top and senior management
• Selection, briefing and management of agencies and external service providers
• Acquisition of clients, external project sponsors, lobbyists and supporters from business as well as politics and the public sector
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, developed and proven in multi-cultural environments in blue-chip organisations in different European countries
• Budget accountability

Languages

German Native speaker
English Fluent
French Fluent

Other

Memberships in expert circles, associations and networking bodies:

- Reuters Insight Community of Experts, New York
- Gerson Lehrman Financial & Business Services Council, Austin, Texas
- Chamber of Commerce for Germany and Switzerland, Zurich
- British-German Chamber of Industry and Commerce, London
- Managers’ Circle of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin

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