François Mottaz

Senior Marketing and Communication professional

François Mottaz
Sion, Switzerland

Experience

Jan 2013 - Mar 2015
2 years 3 months
Basel, Switzerland

Group Head of Marketing and Communication

Gondrand International Ltd

Led group's marketing and communications activities, rebuilding small team and reallocating resources from print to online communications. Rebuilt internal communications to develop broad understanding of changes and challenges. Successfully managed various projects with limited resources while supporting group-wide sales effort with marcom activities and materials.

Nov 2006 - Jun 2007
8 months
Geneva, Switzerland

Interim Communications and Public Affairs Manager

TPG Public Transport of Geneva

  • Interim management and restructuring of Communication Department including marketing, advertising, offline and online publishing, internal communications, PR and public affairs with full budget and team responsibilities
  • Full redefinition of mission, restructuring plan of the team and allocation of resources
  • Major corporate identity change program definition and implementation
Oct 2004 - Present
20 years 7 months
Sion, Switzerland

Associate

Smacx*

Providing external consultancy and management projects in both public and private sectors with focus on strategic and crisis communications projects. Key areas include higher education, town and country planning, transport and manufacturing.

Jan 1990 - Present
35 years 4 months
Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland

Vice-president, Marketing

Quartesoft Sàrl

  • Day-to-day operations
  • All marketing tasks
  • Technical support
  • Strong input into product development

Quartesoft is a small software editor dedicated to banking software development for Mac platform. Its main product, MacPay, is the leading offline e-banking client for Mac platform in Switzerland.

Oct 1988 - Sep 2004
16 years
Lausanne, Switzerland

CEO

Italiques Sàrl

Jan 1986 - Jan 1988
2 years 1 month
Bern, Switzerland

Project Manager

Dr. Dieter Jäggi AG

Jan 1981 - Jan 1985
3 years 1 month
Uganda

Delegate

International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC

Aug 1976 - Aug 1977
1 year 1 month
Luton, United Kingdom

French Language Assistant Lecturer

University of Bedfordshire

Summary

Corporate communications expert and manager with a strong strategic orientation at general management level. Team builder with strong persuasion skills, experience in multicultural environment. Large field experience in all aspects of corporate communications and proven record in advertising and PR projects. Specialised in crisis communications, interim management function, restructuring of communications departments, auditing projects, global strategy. Good knowledge and very strong personal interest in all technology related subjects.

Languages

French
Native
English
Advanced
Italian
Advanced
German
Intermediate

Education

Jan 1976 - Jan 1980

University of Lausanne - Unil

Licence · Political Sciences · Lausanne, Switzerland

Jan 1976 - Jan 1977

University of Cambridge

Certificate of Proficiency · English · Cambridge, United Kingdom

Certifications & licenses

Certificate of Proficiency in English

University of Cambridge

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