Michelle Roth becomes Head of Communication & Stakeholder Affairs at Swissgrid

Michelle Roth will be responsible for all internal and external corporate communications as well as relations with Swissgrid's stakeholders.

In her new role, Michelle Roth is responsible for the further development of Swissgrid's positioning with all stakeholder groups of the national grid company. This includes media relations, internal communication, digital communication, public affairs, grid project communication and maintaining contacts with the energy sector.

According to the press release, Michelle Roth has a solid track record and many years of management experience in various communications functions at companies in the energy sector and industry. She worked at ABB Switzerland from 2012 to 2019, from October 2015 as Deputy Head of Communications and from November 2016 as Head of Communications. In this role, she was responsible for internal and external communications as well as marketing communications for ABB's Swiss subsidiary. Prior to that, she worked for the Axpo Group for four years, most recently as Head of Public Relations. Michelle Roth also gained experience in political communications during her previous role at Interpharma.

Michelle Roth graduated from the University of Basel with a degree in German studies, communication and media studies and sociology. She succeeds Irene Fischbach, who has made a significant contribution to the further development of Swissgrid's positioning and is now leaving the company at the end of the year to pursue a period of training and further education abroad.