New Head of Communications at Swissgrid
Swissgrid's new Head of Corporate Communications is Irene Fischbach. She will assume her position on June 1, 2015, and will be responsible for all internal and external corporate communications at Swissgrid.
Irene Fischbach has many years of management experience in various corporate communications functions. She has worked for Swiss Life since 2004, where she was responsible for all marketing and communications activities of the international division from 2009. In this function, the 43-year-old communications specialist was also a member of the Extended Executive Board. Prior to that, Irene Fischbach worked as strategic assistant to the Head of Corporate Communication at Holcim Ltd. and as a communications consultant in various areas at Zurich Financial Services. She studied law at the Universities of Geneva and Zurich, where she obtained her licentiate (lic.iur.). While working, she completed an Executive Master of Science in Communications Management at the University of Lugano.
In her new role as Head of Corporate Communications at Swissgrid, Irene Fischbach reports directly to CEO Pierre-Alain Graf and is responsible for the national grid operator's overall communications.
