Media Relations at EY reorganized
EY (formerly Ernst & Young), a global auditing and consulting firm, has expanded its Swiss media relations team. Lukas Meermann and Michael Wiget have joined the PR and media department, which serves all of Switzerland from its Zurich office.
The expansion of the team is intended to intensify the company's positioning in the consulting sector and offer media professionals improved services, according to a press release.
Lukas Meermann is a trained business historian with further training in strategic communications management and previously worked in the marketing and communications department at EY. Previously, the 38-year-old worked as a communications expert at Siemens and as a media spokesperson in the insurance sector from 2011 to 2013.
Michael Wiget brings his many years of experience as an agency journalist and in corporate communications at Swiss Post to EY's PR and media team. The media studies graduate has an MAS in Business Communications and has also worked for several years in communications agencies.
Eliane Panek will remain part of the team. She studied educational psychology, journalism and sociology at the University of Zurich and has been working at EY since the beginning of 2013. Previously, the 31-year-old worked in corporate communications at the University Hospital of Zurich.
