Martina Vieli appointed new Head of Corporate Communications SRG SSR

At the request of Director General Roger de Weck, the Board of Directors on Wednesday elected Martina Vieli as Head of Corporate Communications at SRG. In this role, Vieli will be responsible for public affairs, media relations, corporate publishing and internal communications. Vieli has held various positions at the communications agency Farner Consulting over the past ten years. According to the statement, she brings in-depth know-how and a broad understanding of overall communications. Her focus at Farner was on corporate communications, public affairs, campaining, issue and change management. As a senior consultant at Farner, she served Swiss and international clients in a wide range of industries, from SMEs to large corporations and political players. As a strategic consultant, she worked at the interfaces of politics, society, media, business and science. At Farner, she held various management positions. She has also worked as a speaker, coach and lecturer.

Martina Vieli studied sociology, political science and journalism at the University of Zurich. She then earned a Master of Advanced Studies in Communication Management & Leadership at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). Martina Vieli lives in Zurich. She will take up her post in the General Management in Berne on May 1 and will report directly to Roger de Weck. Vieli succeeds Iso Rechsteiner, who went into business for himself in 2015. On an interim basis, Mariano Tschuor successfully led the division - he will now return to his duties as Head of the "Markets and Quality" staff unit and continue to support the work of Public Affairs as an ambassador for SRG.