Organisation chart
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
Head 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
