Farner: Roman Geiser takes over operational management
This fall, Christian König will transfer the majority stake and operational management of Farner Consulting to Roman Geiser. At the upcoming annual general meeting, König will take over as chairman of the board of directors from Niklaus Knüsel.
Christian König has led the agency for years together with partners Jacqueline Moeri, Daniel Heller and Urs Knapp, according to a statement on Thursday. Roman Geiser, 44, is currently chief operating officer EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) of Burson-Marsteller International and acting president of the Federation of PR Agencies in Switzerland (BPRA). Until recently, he was also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Burson-Marsteller (Switzerland) and Vice President of Young & Rubicam (Switzerland). Prior to his international career, Geiser headed Burson-Marsteller Switzerland from 2003 to 2009. Roman Geiser will take office as CEO and Delegate of the Board of Directors of Farner Consulting on October 1, 2012.
Christian König will accompany Farner's development over the next few years as active Chairman of the Board and will continue to manage consulting mandates. He remains a partner of the agency.
Farner Consulting is active in Zurich, Bern, Basel, Lausanne/Geneva and Lugano and has been the market-leading PR and communications agency in Switzerland for years. Internationally, Farner Exclusive is an affiliate of Fleishman Hillard as well as Porter Novelli in Switzerland.
