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.

Roland Cecchetto, Partner, has over 35 years’ experience in communication, both in agencies and on the corporate side. He has been in charge of corporate communication at such firms as Mövenpick and Bosshard, as well as the Swiss subsidiary of US financial group Jefferies, where he was a member of the executive board for eight years. Roland specialises in corporate and investment communication with a focus on media relations.

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.

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.

Lea Keller joined the Financial team in March 2020 as a PR Account Manager after a successful six-month internship with the same team. She previously spent eight years working for various Swiss pension funds in insurance administration and pension support, during which time she also studied at the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich and completed a Bachelor’s degree in business communication. Lea began her Master’s course in business communication in February 2020, also in parallel with her job.

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.

René Maier studied German, media studies, economic and social history, and economics at the University of Zurich. He began his career on the editorial staff of the local newspaper Limmattaler Tagblatt and later at Credit Suisse. René started writing for the trade magazine Schweizer Bank in 2007 and was its Editor-in-Chief from 2012 to 2016. The publisher Ringier Axel Springer Switzerland closed the magazine at the end of 2018. René has been bringing his expertise and network to bear as Editor-in-Chief and Publishing Director for Investrends and Publicontext since October 2018.

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.

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.

Annina Schneider, Junior Consultant, has been in charge of various mandates since October 2017 in such fields as recycling, campaigning and auditing/accounting. After training as a bank clerk, she studied business administration at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, specialising in communication and marketing. Annina worked for a start-up in relationship management and marketing in parallel with her studies.

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, PR Account Manager, 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.

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.

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.