About us

Martin Arnold, Partner, has extensive public affairs experience in the fields of real estate, construction and infrastructure, location management, healthcare, and association management. Another of his specialisms is strategic and communication consulting in complex IT projects and digital communication. Having spent many years as the chief executive of an industry association and held various political functions in Zurich, Martin has a broad network of contacts in political, business and education circles.

Maurice Desiderato, Partner, specialises in public affairs, corporate communication and campaigning. After just over ten years in communication at Winterthur Insurance and Migros, he joined Communicators in 2009. He studied in parallel with his job to complete a degree in history, ethnology and religious studies at the universities of Zurich and Aix-en-Provence in 2008 and later studied business administration.

Claudia Dudek, Head of Administration, has a commercial diploma and has worked in various positions at Post CH Ltd. She has been supporting the Communicators team since April 2018.

Nadja Fitz, Consultant, has studied Communication Science & Media Research and History at the University of Zurich for her Master’s degree. She has gained professional experience at the Municipality of Winterthur, the GZO Wetzikon and in another communication agency. Nadja is with Communicators since 2022.

Prisca Gregori-Lack, Consultant, studied communication at the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich in parallel with her job and subsequently completed a Master’s in writing and corporate publishing at the Graubünden University of Applied Sciences in Chur. During her studies, she worked as a Marketing Assistant at a media agency. Prisca spent several years working in communication management at an association before joining Communicators, where she works with association administrators, chiefly in the real estate and location management industries.

Julie Holweck has 20 years of experience in communications in the financial industry. She began her career in the Communications department of Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking (SG CIB) covering markets activities, ECM, M&A, and some subsidiaries (Orbeo, Lyxor AM, Gaselys). She then spent three years at Lyxor AM, first heading global media relations and then Corporate & CEO Communications. She joined FARGO, a communications agency specialised in press relations and content strategies for financial industry players, in 2015, where she was Account Manager and international coordinator in charge of key accounts such as DWS (ex-Deutsche AM), Degroof Petercam, BFT IM (Amundi Group), Siparex and NN IP (ex ING IM). Julie works as a consultant since 2019, advising clients on various communications and marketing issues. She notably works for SPDR (State Street), Remake AM, RichesFlores Research, Financière Galilée, and Bordier & Cie (France).

Remo Linggi, Senior Consultant, studied political science and ethnology at the University of Lucerne. During his studies, he worked in communication and relationship management at a start-up for almost three years. He then completed an internship with the World Trade Organization in Geneva and has been responsible for various mandates in public affairs, campaigning and corporate communication since March 2015.

Peter Manhart, Partner, has more than 15 years’ experience in business and financial journalism. He has written for the specialist publications Finanz und Wirtschaft and Bilanz. Peter gained management experience as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the investment magazine Stocks and Department Head at Handelszeitung. He has also managed corporate publishing projects for the publisher Ringier Axel Springer and worked as an Investment Writer at UBS.

Annette Matzke was as „Diplom-Kauffrau“ and PR consultant (BAW) most recently responsible for corporate communications in Continental Europe at Fidelity International. She started her career at UniCredit Group (HVB) in internal communications and marketing. Then, she worked as a PR consultant for leading financial PR agencies for about ten years. During this time, she looked after national and international financial companies such as asset managers, hedge funds, private equity houses and insurance companies. Her current focus lies on investor relations and the digital transformation of corporate communications.

Alina Meletta, PR Consultant, works for the finance team of Communicators since 2020. She studied Media and Communication Sciences at the University of Zurich and completed her Master of Science in Corporate Communication at the Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano. During her studies, she always showed great emphasis on gaining practical experience and worked as a PR Assistant and Junior Project Manager at two agencies in Zurich.

Pamela Schefer, PR Copywriter, studied journalism and organisational communication at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). After graduating, she became a Media Relations Editor at Swiss Radio DRS and Media Relations Project Manager at Swiss Radio and Television SRF. She then took a break to raise two children while working as a freelance journalist. Pamela has been supporting the Public Affairs team at Communicators since January 2015.

Victoria von Korff-Ercklentz joined the Financial team at Communicators in June 2018 and is responsible for a number of financial clients. Born in Germany, she has almost three years’ experience in the financial sector, plus three years in communication, primarily financial communication. Victoria completed her studies in business administration at the University of Hamburg with a commercial diploma and later gained a Bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Sorbonne in Paris.

Manuela Walzthöny, Consultant, studied media and communication at the University of Fribourg and completed her Master of Science degree in corporate communication at the Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano. Between studies, she spent ten months as an intern and employee in corporate communication at PostFinance, took a language-learning trip to the United States and completed an internship in communication at Tamedia. She joined the Financial team at Communicators in August 2019.

Christian R. Weber, Partner, has worked in financial communication for 35 years. He was a member of the executive board at the communication agency SGC, worked in marketing at Credit Suisse and headed the Money section at Handelszeitung. His specialisms are corporate communication and investor relations.

Robert E. Gubler, Advisor, has worked in communication for over 30 years. He has a wide range of experience in public affairs, marketing, crisis communication, association management and location marketing. Thanks to the various functions he has held in Swiss and particularly Zurich-based business organisations and foundations as well as in real estate and location management, he has a broad, nationwide network of contacts in political, business and education circles.

Urs Wasserfallen, Advisor, has devoted his career primarily to politics. He was a radio, TV and print journalist and a pioneer in local radio, for example as Chief Correspondent of Radio Z. He now specialises in public affairs and corporate communication and has a 20-year record of success in managing referendum campaigns for clients such as economiesuisse, the SME and business federation KGV Zürich, and the City and Canton of Zurich Real Estate Owners’ Association. His main area of expertise is recycling.

Ralph Spillmann, Advisor, was a correspondent at Finanz und Wirtschaft and Cash and Head of PR for investment funds at Credit Suisse and UBS. He specialises in positioning, reputation, networking and PR/storytelling/ghostwriting for personalities, organisations and financial products.