New individual consultancy: Furrerhugi.advisors
Furrerhugi. founds a company for individual strategic consulting on November 1, 2014. The founding partners are National Councillor Lorenz Hess, Michael Gehrken, former Director of the commercial vehicle association ASTAG, and Rob Hartmans, previously Head of Communications at Helsana.
Together with the agency Furrerhugi.corporate (Werbewoche.ch reported) and the public affairs agency Furrerhugi.Publicaffairs, Furrerhugi. offers comprehensive communication services across all disciplines and can implement national economic and political campaigns from a single source. The establishment of Furrerhugi.advisors is intended to further strengthen Furrerhugi.'s portfolio and network.
The three founding partners of Furrerhugi.advisors work in Bern and Zurich as independent individual consultants in the fields of strategy and management consulting as well as communications and public affairs. Any implementation work is carried out with Furrerhugi.corporate and Furrerhugi.publicaffairs.
Michael Gehrken worked as an independent communications consultant for numerous associations, non-profit organizations, politicians and companies after completing his doctorate at the University of Bern. From 2001 to 2005, he worked in the Federal Administration, where he gained practical experience in political communication and crisis communication. From 2006 to 2014, he was Director of the Swiss Commercial Vehicle Association ASTAG. Michael Gehrken focuses on mandates in the areas of communications management, public affairs and executive management.
Rob Hartmans began his professional career as a journalist for various print media. He then worked for 10 years in various communications departments at Zurich Financial Services (1996-2001) and Swiss Life (2001-2006). From 2006 to 2014, Rob Hartmans was Head of Communications at Helsana, where he was responsible for the brand and communications management of the leading health insurer (corporate branding, corporate publishing, PR and media relations) as well as for the management and further development of internal and external digital communication channels (intranet, internet and social media). As of January 1, 2015, Hartmans will take up his position as advisor at furrerhugi.advisor.
Lorenz Hess gained his first political experience in the Grand Council of the Canton of Berne from 2002 to 2011. He has also been mayor of Stettlen (BE) since 2001. In 2011, he was elected to the National Council for the BDP, where he sits on the Social Security and Health Committee (SGK). From 1990 to 2014, he was co-owner of the PR agency Stoll, Hess&Partner as a communications consultant.
