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The nine finalists of the thought leader election. Who are your favorites? Vote now and win.here.

The voting is finished. The results will be announced in MK issue 04/2016 and on www.m-k.ch at the end of April.

Bertrand Blancheton (*1982) is Head of Digital Marketing and CRM at Citroën Suisse and makes Citroen known on the Swiss market in an innovative way. He is a specialist in digital marketing, inbound marketing, lead generation, SEO, social media and growth hacking. In addition, Blancheton is the founder of Urban Gardeners Republic, the largest Swiss community in urban gardening. Blancheton has a very broad network and is ranked tenth in the Kuble ranking of the most influential Swiss. To the voting >>>Sandra Caviezel (*1970) is Head Sponsorship & Events at Swiss Universal Bank (Credit Suisse AG). She is a regular speaker at events such as the Sportforum Schweiz in Lucerne and the International Sports Convention ISC Geneva 2014. As a sponsor of the Swiss national soccer team, Credit Suisse enjoyed a major communications success at the 2014 World Cup with its "We are all the team" campaign. After completing her banking training, Sandra Caviezel continued her education in marketing and communications (including at the University of St. Gallen) and also worked at a large advertising agency. To the voting >>>Irene Fischbach (*1972) is Head of Corporate Communications at Swissgrid. She 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. Irene Fischbach 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. She was project manager of the winning project at the Swiss Award Corporate Communications 2015. To the voting >>>

Ewa Ming (*1967) is founder and sole owner of Ming Agentur AG and Celebrationpoint AG. She is co-founder of Swiss Handicap - a trade fair for people with and without disabilities as well as managing director of SuisseEMEX - the largest marketing and event trade fair in Switzerland, which celebrates its anniversary in August 2016 and already takes place for the 10th time. Her main activities are consulting, marketing, media relations and implementation of projects in the field of experiential communication, meeting business MICE and trade fair projects. She also sits on the Board of Directors of GDZ Druckerei Zürich and Eulachhallen Winterthur. To the voting >>>Oliver Stäcker (*1972) is founder and CEO of Gotomo Gmbh, a specialized provider of mobile solutions and mobile consulting. As a former owner of an advertising agency and various board of directors and advisory board mandates in mobile tech startups, he has the necessary all-round view to effectively align marketing and mobile applications. To the voting >>>Marc Walder (*1965) took over as CEO of Ringier AG and Chairman of the Group Executive Board in April 2012. Under Walder, Ringier AG was consistently diversified and digitized: Ringier invested heavily in the two areas of digital business and entertainment. Marc Walder initiated the idea of a "Digital Zurich 2025" project in 2013. Together with representatives of the city, the canton and leaders from the business community, Zurich is to become the digital capital of Europe. Marc Walder is the designated Chairman of the Board of Directors of the joint venture between Ringier, Swisscom and SRG for advertising marketing. To the voting >>>

Thomas Hutter (*1976) is the owner and managing director of Hutter Consult GmbH. He is a sought-after consultant for large and medium-sized companies, organizations and agencies in Switzerland, Germany and Austria on all aspects of Facebook marketing and the commercial use of Facebook. He lectures for the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (HWZ), the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW) and teaches as a seminar leader at various seminar providers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and speaks at various renowned conferences on Facebook marketing and advertising. In addition to consulting and lecturing, he writes professional articles for well-known newspapers and trade magazines. His blog on Facebook marketing thomashutter.com is considered one of the resources on current developments in Facebook marketing in the German-speaking world. To the voting >>>Natalie Rickli (*1976) has been president of Aktion Medienfreiheit since 2014, which she founded in 2008 with the then FDP National Councilor Filippo Leutenegger. The association works to strengthen diversity of opinion and media and fights for better framework conditions for private media companies. Rickli has been a member of the Zurich National Council (SVP) since 2007 and President of the National Council's Commission for Transport and Telecommunications since December 2015. She has worked for the Goldbach Group in Küsnacht since 2005, where she is a Partner Relation Manager in the executive team. To the voting >>>Torsten Tomczak (*1959), Prof. Dr., studied business administration at the Free University of Berlin, where he obtained his doctorate in 1989. In 1992, he habilitated at the University of St. Gallen, where he has been a professor of business administration and marketing since 1993. Tomczak is director of the University of St. Gallen's Customer Insight Research Unit and director of the Center for Innovation. His publication list includes nearly 30 books as well as more than 280 articles in the marketing field. In the context of research programs and projects, he has been working with numerous companies for years. He gained practical experience in a trading company and in an international advertising agency. To the voting >>>