Thomas Hegglin replaces Peter P. Knobel
Effective December 1, Thomas Hegglin will take over as head of the PR agency Dr. Peter P. Knobel from the company’s founder, Peter P. Knobel. Among other things, Hegglin brings with him many years of PR experience in the energy sector.
On December 1, 2007, 41-year-old Thomas Hegglin will take over as Managing Director of the Dr. Peter P. Knobel agency. He replaces the 60-year-old founder of the agency, Peter P. Knobel, who will in future advise the agency's clients on change management, strategy development and crisis communication. Thomas Hegglin studied history and journalism at the University of Zurich, trained at the Swiss Public Relations Institute to become a federally certified PR consultant and completed a degree in corporate management at the Institute for Strategy and Corporate Economics at the University of Zurich. After completing his studies, he worked as a journalist for several years, most recently for the Aargauer Zeitung. Hegglin gained his first experience in corporate communications at ABB, and in 1999 he joined Nordostschweizerische Kraftwerke (NOK) as Head of Internal Communications. In 2001, he moved to Axpo in the Corporate Communications department.
