Andreas Widmer
Nominated for the 2008 Advertiser of the Year.
Andreas Widmer from Wunderman and Futurecom has been CEO of the Y&R Group since 2008. In taking on this role, he unites the former sister agencies under one roof to form the first agency group in Switzerland that can offer all disciplines in a fully integrated manner. Shortly after joining Wunderman in 1993, Widmer began building up the company's first interactive unit. This led to the founding of Futurecom interactive in 1996, which quickly developed into the leading Swiss provider of online marketing solutions under his leadership. Today, Futurecom is one of the top ten specialist agencies in the BSW and can point to long-standing customer relationships and a large number of international awards. At the same time, Andreas Widmer took over the operational management of Wunderman Zurich in 2003. This constellation made it possible very early on to respond to the need for integrated communication solutions with a real offer. Thanks to this successful alliance, substantial BTL accounts of the Wunderman network for the EMEA region are now managed holistically from Zurich and the successful model of a cross-media agency is put into practice on a daily basis. Andreas Widmer is also a board member of BSW and Simsa.
