BFM chief spokesman steps down to the second rank
Joachim Gross, Head of Information and Communication and media spokesman for the Federal Office for Migration FOM, will leave his post as soon as a successor has been found. He will remain with the FOM as a communications consultant.
Joachim Gross took up his position as Infochef of the FOM in March 2011. He confirmed a report in the Berner Zeitung newspaper on Thursday: "I will vacate my post as soon as a successor has been found," he told the SDA news agency.
A corresponding job advertisement has already appeared in the federal government's job advertisement and last weekend in the NZZ am Sonntag and in the newspaper Le Temps. However, Gross did not comment on the reasons for his move. Instead, he referred to the "official language", as he put it: "I am withdrawing from the current day-to-day business. At my own request and in consultation with Director Mario Gattiker, I am taking on new tasks."
In future, he will advise the FOM management on information issues. One focus of his future activities will also be the expansion of audiovisual projects.
