Urs Frei

Selbstständig, Owner, FreiRaum Solutions
Zurich area, Schweiz

Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse

New ideas
International business experience (various industr
Media
Executive MBA
Wide range of Communications/Marketing skills/expe
Leadership
Open mindness
Curiosity
Product Marketing
Business Strategy
Business Development
Interim Management
P/L responsibility for Business Unit

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

    Grundlagen

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