Urs Frei was active in the media sector as journalist (i.e. Tages-Anzeiger, K-Tipp, Weltwoche; Regionaljournal Basel; TV3) und documentary filmmaker (SRF) before he started his career in Corporate Communications. He held several leading positions at New Bank of Argovie (Head of Comms), Adecco Group (Global Head Internal Communications), Alstom (Director Communications Europe/Africa), Georg Fischer (Head of Corporate Communications) and Oerlikon Balzers (Head of Communications a.i.). He originally studied German language/literature and History and helds an Executive MBA degree at the University of St. Gallen. He is married and father of a son.