Take a look behind the scenes and meet the people who drive our office. Our organisational chart provides an overview of our organisational structure and the respective responsibilities. See the faces and names behind the individual organisational units.
Senior management
Director General

Bernard Maissen, head of the Media Division at OFCOM since 2018, took up his new post as Director General of the Federal Office of Communications on 1 July 2020.
Bernard Maissen, born in 1961, studied German, History and Journalism at the University of Fribourg, going on to work in various positions as a journalist and senior editor. Before moving to OFCOM in 2018, he was editor-in-chief and a member of the executive board at the Swiss Telegraphic Agency (Schweizerische Depeschenagentur sda). Moreover, Mr Maissen studied management, sat on the programme committee for the Swiss School of Journalism (MAZ) in Lucerne, and from 2013 until joining OFCOM was a member of the Federal Media Commission (FMEC).
Licences and Frequency Management

René Dönni Kuoni
Deputy Director General and Head of Division
International Relations

Thomas Schneider, Vice-Director General, and Jorge Cancio
Co-Heads of Service
Managerial Staff

Michael Stämpfli
Staff Manager
Communication

Silvia Canova and Caroline Sauser
Co-Heads of Service
Resources and organisation

Christine Fuchs
Head of Division
Media

Susanne Marxer
Vice-Director General and Head of Division
Telecom Services and Post

Matthias Hürlimann
Vice-Director General and Head of Division
Radio Monitoring and Equipment

Olivier Pauchard
Vice-Director General and Head of Division
The divisions with their sections
Finance

Micaël Christen
Head of Section
Human Resources

Vacant
IT and Organisation

Sacha Stegmann
Head of Section
Logistics

Gabriela Räz
Head of Section
Media Services

Simona Schmid
Head of Section
Radio and Television Fee

Silvia von Siebenthal
Head of Section
Finance Media

Florian Montandon and Frank Tuschling
Co-Heads of Section
Legal Affairs Media

Carole Gerber
Head of Section
Post

Annette Scherrer
Head of Section
Networks and Services

Antonio Nania
Head of Section
Networks and Services Security

Jens Kaessner
Head of Section
Numbering and Addressing

Olivier Girard
Head of Section
Economics and Statistics

Christine Rohn
Head of Section
Legal Affairs Telecommunications

Stéphane Bondallaz
Head of Section
Radio Technology

Damien Scherrer
Head of Section
Electromagnetic Compatibility

Pascal Krähenbühl
Head of Section
Frequency Planning

René Tschannen
Head of Section
Frequency Assignment

Konrad Vonlanthen
Head of Section
Radio Licences

Beat Scheidegger
Head of Section
Radio Monitoring

René Vogt
Head of Section
Market Access and Cybersecurity

Lucio Cocciantelli
Head of Section
Surveillance and Legal Affairs

Isabel Elsener
Head of Section
Last modification 15.07.2025