Tim Frey takes over management of Farner locations in Berne and French-speaking Switzerland as partner of the agency
New addition to the leadership team at communications agency Farner Consulting: Renowned public affairs specialist Tim Frey will join the partnership of the owner-managed agency effective October 1, 2018, and assume operational management of the offices in Bern, Geneva, and Lausanne.
Tim Frey, a renowned political and communications expert, is joining Farner. Tim Frey, former Secretary General of the CVP Switzerland and most recently Managing Director Public Affairs at Burson-Marsteller, is taking over the management of the agency's offices in Bern, Geneva and Lausanne as Partner and will also be responsible for the agency's public sector offering. With the Bern office management, he takes over the former role of Michel Grunder, himself a Partner and the new Head of Public Affairs at the Zurich office, as Farner recently announced. In Bern and Lausanne, he will be supported by Senior Consultants Irena Grunder and Myriam Delouvrier as well as specialized and experienced teams.
After studying at the University of Geneva, Tim Frey worked in university teaching and research at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Zurich from 2002 to 2009, where he also obtained his doctorate in 2008. Following his academic career, he was Secretary General of the CVP Switzerland until 2012. From 2013, he headed the Public Affairs department at the Swiss office of PR agency Burson-Marsteller as a member of the Executive Board.
Thanks to his political career and consultancy work, he brings with him a wealth of expertise in issues and strategy as well as a dense network of contacts in politics and business in Bern and French-speaking Switzerland. He also strengthens Farner's expertise in the field of empirical data analysis and data visualization. He will further develop the portfolio with a regional profile in French-speaking Switzerland and continue the growth of the Farner office in Bern with public sector and regional mandates.
As Head of Farner Romandie, Tim Frey succeeds Frédéric Jacquemoud, who has managed the agency's locations in French-speaking Switzerland since 2012. Frédéric Jacquemoud will leave Farner at the end of September 2018 and will continue his professional career outside the agency.
