
Urs Frei
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Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Urs Frei
- Bis heute 9 Monate, seit Feb. 2025
Owner
FreiRaum Solutions
Advisory+Communications+Sports Mgmt.
- Bis heute 7 Jahre und 7 Monate, seit Apr. 2018
President
Swiss Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association (>21´000 pilots)
NPO Engagement
- 4 Jahre und 6 Monate, Aug. 2020 - Jan. 2025
Member of Management Board / Head of Communications and Publishing
The Swiss Federal Statistical Office
- 1 Jahr und 9 Monate, Feb. 2020 - Okt. 2021
President (2020/2021, rotating mandate)
European Hang Gliding and Paragliding Union (NPO)
Representing 140'000 pilots in 19 European member states.
- 5 Jahre und 2 Monate, Juni 2015 - Juli 2020
Head of Corporate Affairs (incl. Communications) HEINEKEN Switzerland AG
Stardrinks AG / Heineken Switzerland AG
Corporate Relations Management for HEINEKEN Switzerland AG (Brands: i.e. Heineken, Eichhof, Calanda, Haldengut, Ittinger, Ziegelhof, Desperados) External: Media Spokesperson, Public Affairs, Branding, Visitor Services, Tools&Channels Internal: Internal Relations Management, Tools&Channels
- 2 Jahre und 9 Monate, Nov. 2012 - Juli 2015
Head of Communications/Marketing - Senior Consultant - Project Manager
Nationwide Swiss sport org., OC OERLIKON BALZERS, CONDOR FILMS and others
Projects and mandates: - Communicatiions concept for nationwide Swiss sports organization - Head of Communications and Marketing a.i. at OC OERLIKON BALZERS - Senior Consultant and Head of Corporate Films a.i. at CONDOR FILMS - Profit & loss responsibility for Swiss SME department - Business development for Swiss SME - Market entry projects for financial services companies (i.e. Bank Vontobel) - Top sports athlete consulting - Lecturing
- 2 Jahre und 2 Monate, Okt. 2010 - Nov. 2012
Member of Group Management Georg Fischer AG, Schaffhausen (CH)
Georg Fischer AG
Head of Corporate Communications - Leadership: Corp. comms teams (5 persons) and coordination of international, decentralized communications/marcom teams (>20 persons). - International set-up: Building-up communications in China. - External communications: Prim. media spokesperson (incl. crisis comms), group social media strategy - IR: Close coordination with investor relations. - Internal comms: Editor global internal newspaper (“GLOBE”), maintenance corporate intranet. - Consulting: CEO, BoD.
- 3 Jahre und 5 Monate, Sep. 2006 - Jan. 2010
Member of Regional Management Alstom Power Service Europe/Africa, Mannheim (GER)
Alstom Power Service
Director Director Comms Europe, Africa (incl. Marketing) Member of Regional Management. Energy business, € 1,8 bn. regional sales. - Building-up and leading an international, decentralized communications team of 20+ persons. - Implementation of state-of-the-art communications tools and processes. - Strategic topic/agenda setting and controlling, yearly planning process, monthly comms controlling for internal/external communications/marketing/sponsoring.
- 2005 - 2006
Member of Management Adecco Group, Zurich (CH)
Adecco Group
Head of Internal Communications for the Adecco Group, Zurich 33’000 colleagues worldwide, listed, 100 internal communication colleagues. - Building-up an internal communications section for the Adecco Group: Grouping global key communicators, initiating and editing new communication tools. Major improvement in flow and quality of information. Definition of internal campaigns. - Building a new Global Intranet for knowledge exchange within Adecco.
- 10 Jahre und 8 Monate, Aug. 1994 - März 2005
Other positions (Marketing, Communications, New Media, Journalism/Film)
i.e. SF DRS, Basler Mediengruppe, New Bank of Argovie (NAB)
- Head of Corp. Communications New Bank of Argovie NAB, Aarau (Credit Suisse Group) - Corporate Communications/New Media Manager Basler Zeitung Medien, Basel - Journalist for print/radio/tv (i.e. Swiss Public TV and Radio „Weltwoche“) - Documentary filmmaker for 3Sat and Swiss TV (i.e. „Schweizer Hanf“) - Producer and Head of Swisscom Audio-visual Productions, Berne - Producer Corporate Films (i.e. for CONDOR Films).
Ausbildung von Urs Frei
- 7 Monate, Sep. 2014 - März 2015
Swiss Cert. for Adult Vocational Training incl. didactics and methodology
IBBK
- 2002 - 2004
Business Administration
HSG St. Gallen (CH)
- 1987 - 1994
German literature, Linguistics, History
Basel (CH), Freiburg i.Br. (De), UC Berkely (USA)
Sprachen
Deutsch
Muttersprache
Englisch
Muttersprache
Französisch
Fließend
Spanisch
Grundlagen
Italienisch
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