Former FDFA head of information founds own agency  

Simon Hubacher has set up his own business and founded the communications agency Swissaffairs. It offers advice on communication and editing. Together with Com-ment.ch, Swissaffairs also organizes workshops and seminars. Swissaffairs, based in Affoltern am Alibis, has been operational since January, as Hubacher told Werbewoche. Its clients include the Swiss Real Estate Association (SVIT) and Swiss Re. Hubacher was previously a member of the Executive Board and Senior Consultant at Peter Bütikofer & Company, Head of Information at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, media advisor to Federal Councillor Micheline Calmy-Rey and a journalist at Tamedia and Ringier.