Focus topics
- Strategic positioning of companies and individuals in the media
- Media relations including spokesperson function and interim head of communications within mandates
- Communication and media training
- Management of reputation-critical issues, e.g. restructurings
- Capital market and financial communication
- Development and implementation of social media strategies
Experience
Oliver Seifried advises international and Swiss clients from industry, finance, real estate, the public sector, technology and financial institutions on strategic positioning and reputation management, financial communication, media relations and digital communication. In addition, Oliver Seifried has extensive know-how in capital market transactions (IPOs and M&A).
Before joining IRF, Oliver Seifried gained experience in journalism and the communications industry. He spent seven years working for leading communications agencies in Germany, most recently at achtung! in Hamburg. From 2007 to 2009, he worked as an editor for “Die Südostschweiz” and as a freelance contributor to “NZZ am Sonntag”. Oliver Seifried joined IRF in 2015.
In his free time, Oliver Seifried enjoys spending time in the mountains and has passionately followed the fortunes of VfB Stuttgart for decades.
Languages
German, English
Education
Oliver Seifried studied communication science, journalism and modern history at the University of Fribourg.
