Natalie Rickli

Natalie Rickli (*1976) has been President of Aktion Medienfreiheit since 2014, which she founded in 2008 with the then FDP National Councillor Filippo Leutenegger. The association is committed to strengthening the diversity of opinion and the media and fights for better framework conditions for private media companies.How the power woman reconciles her diverse political and professional activities remains a mystery, but she masters both with extraordinary success. Natalie Rickli began her career with a commercial apprenticeship at the Fenaco agricultural group, where she got a taste of the publishing world and trained as a publishing assistant, teacher and later as a marketing specialist. After moving into the world of advertising, publishing and the Internet, she joined AdLink Schweiz AG via the former Qualiclick AG and IDG-Verlag, where she headed up the website team. In mid-2009, she moved to what is now the Goldbach Group and took on projects in Strategic Partner Relations Management as a member of the management team. Her career on the political stage developed in parallel to this straightforward ascent: Rickli became involved in the Young SVP as early as 1996, quickly rising from secretary to managing director and taking over its presidency for three years from 2000 onwards. The political shooting star served as a municipal councillor on the Winterthur municipal council from 2002 to 2007, served as a Zurich cantonal councillor from mid-2007 and was elected to the National Council in October of the same year with the best result of all candidates. She is as committed as she is authentic in her commitment to the interests of her constituents, brings momentum to political life as a member of various parliamentary groups and also likes to advocate unconventional positions.