Andreas Schefer

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Member of the SRG Board of Directors and Chairman of SRG Deutschschweiz

Member of the Board of Directors since 2016
Swiss, born in 1961

Professional career

Andreas Schefer studied history, journalism and ethnology at the University of Zurich. From 1984 to 2006 he held various management positions at Schweizer Radio DRS (today Radio SRF), including head of programmes at DRS 3, director of the radio studio in Zurich and member of the Executive Board of SR DRS. He joined a communications agency in 2007 and since 2013 has been a majority shareholder in the OGS Beratungsteam AG consultancy firm in Bern, where he has managed briefs in communications, organisation and strategy since 2008. Between 2007 and 2015 he was a lecturer at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK), teaching its ‘Cast/Audiovisuelle Medien’ [Cast/Audiovisual Media] course. Between 2009 and 2015 he served as Chair of SRG’s member organisation for Bern-Freiburg-Valais.

Office held

OGS Beratungsteam AG, Bern (Chair of the Board of Directors).