Silvan Merki
CCO, Head Marketing/Communications

Biography

Silvan is extensively experienced in Communication, Marketing and Management. From Public Relations, Public Affairs up to Internal Communications. From Brand Experience, Marketing Communications and Sponsoring up to Investor Relations. In these fields he is keeping a strong focus on efficient and effective, digitally measurable activities – data beats opinion. As specialist and passionate team leader, he worked for major international and Swiss companies in the energy, financial, real estate and construction sector – as well as a freelance editor for news media and university lecturer.

He holds a MBA of the University of Rochester, an Executive MBA of the University of Bern and a Master of Arts of the University of Zurich. In his first education he was an architectural civil engineer in buildings construction. Voluntarily, he founded a successful start-up company and family business: a high-quality daycare nursery and private kindergarten for up to 60 children with around 10 employees. After 15 years in charge, he handed over end of 2018. An open mind, just-do-it mentality and generousity are his strengths. He likes to see behind the facts and stories, to improve the things and to go one step further.

Constantly looking for new points of view and positive changes, he is particularly interested in architecture and design – travelling to go and see on all continents.