New media spokesperson at Sunrise

Markus Werner will become Sunrise's new media spokesperson effective March 1 and will join the Swiss telecommunications provider's media team.

Markus Werner has many years of experience in the communications industry, according to the statement. Among other things, he worked as a journalist at the Neue Luzerner Zeitung and for ten years in corporate communications at Feldschlösschen. Markus Werner is 45 years old and holds a master's degree from the University of Zurich. The Sunrise media team is thus complete again as of March 1 and consists of Géraldine Mathys, Roger Schaller and Markus Werner.

New media spokesperson at Sunrise

Tobias Kistner is joining Sunrise from Farner Consulting. Effective February 1, 2011, he will join Sevgi Gezici and Roger Schaller on the telecommunications company's media team.

At Farner, Tobias Kistner has been responsible as a PR consultant for clients in the telecommunications, IT and technology sectors, among others, since 2006. The qualified translator FH, who completed his studies in intercultural communication at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) in 2005, will work in his role as media spokesman mainly for German-speaking Switzerland and Italian-speaking Switzerland, and as deputy to Roger Schaller as media spokesman for French-speaking Switzerland. In addition, Kistner will perform tasks within Sunrise's communications department in the areas of corporate communications, investor relations and product PR.

In his role, Kistner will report directly to Natasja Sommer, Head of Corporate Communications. With the appointment of Tobias Kistner, Natasja Sommer will relinquish her interim role as media spokesperson and in the future focus again on the strategic management of Sunrise's corporate communications.

As of February 1, 2011, the Sunrise media team consists of:

  • Sevgi Gezici (German-speaking Switzerland)
  • Tobias Kistner (German-speaking Switzerland and Italian-speaking Switzerland)
  • Roger Schaller (French Switzerland)

 

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