Namics strengthens its management
Stefanie Wagner-Fuhs is the new Chief Market Officer at Namics. She is the first woman on the management board to be responsible for the entire marketing chain of the e-business agency.
This consists of the Marketing Communications, Sales, Strategy and Key Account Management divisions. The 47-year-old Wagner-Fuhs succeeds Roland Schönholzer, who was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Namics in April. With this new appointment, the Swiss industry leader is increasingly targeting the German market. Wagner-Fuhs has held various management positions at both corporate and agency level over the past 20 years. According to the press release, she is a proven expert in communication and brand management as well as the implementation of marketing technologies in the digital transformation process. Wagner-Fuhs was a board member of the German Association of Communication Agencies (GWA) from 2008 to 2010 and has an excellent network in the German agency landscape.
"We are delighted to have gained such an industry expert for Namics in Stefanie Wagner-Fuhs. Her profound experience in combining communication, marketing, account management, business strategy and digital business is a rare asset," says Jürg Stuker, CEO of Namics. "Together with her, we will succeed in further strengthening Namics' position and sustainably expanding our business in Germany in particular."
Namics was founded in 1995 and is represented in Switzerland with offices in St. Gallen and Zurich. In 2000, the company moved to Germany, where the digital service provider has offices in Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. Today, the agency has a total of almost 500 employees. In the German market, the agency was able to acquire renowned brand clients and cover the most important sectors within a very short space of time. The agency was awarded the "Master of Swiss Web 2014" for UBS's innovative e-banking (Werbewoche.ch reported).
"Namics has implementation expertise in all relevant sectors in Europe. These references should also be able to convince more customers in Germany," says the newly appointed member of the Executive Board. In the current BVDW Internet agency ranking, Namics Germany is currently in 24th place. In future, the e-business specialists want to increasingly target the so-called hidden champions.
"Many of the global market leaders from the German SME sector," says Wagner-Fuhs, "are currently facing the challenge of digitizing their business models." CEO Jürg Stuker is also convinced of this approach to market development: "As a partner-managed agency, we can meet owner-managed SMEs on an equal footing. Because unlike corporate network agencies, we understand what it means to increase our own capital."
