Focus topics
- Strategic positioning for companies and senior executives
- Reputation management and integrated corporate communications
- Crisis communications and litigation PR
- Communications advisory for IPOs and M&A transactions
- International media relations and spokesperson roles
- Financial reporting and investor relations
Experience
Jürg Stähelin is a highly experienced communications professional with deep expertise across all areas of strategic communication. He advises both national and international clients on positioning and reputation, as well as on strategic and operational corporate communications, including complex, special, and crisis situations. His work also spans financial communications and media relations. In addition, he supports capital market transactions such as IPOs and M&A deals and serves as a trusted sparring partner to senior executives.
Jürg Stähelin has been a Partner at IRF since 2011. Before joining IRF, he spent over 14 years in senior communication and marketing roles within the financial services industry. Most recently, he led communications for the Vontobel Group; prior to that, he headed integrated corporate communications (Corporate Communications and Marketing) at the Julius Baer Group.
Outside of work, he enjoys staying active with padel, golf, and winter sports in the mountains.
Languages
German, English, French
Education
Jürg Stähelin studied business administration with a focus on banking and trade at the University of Zurich. In 2006, he completed an Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School in Pennsylvania.
