Bjoern Emde is the new Head of Media Relations at Barry Callebaut

 
Barry Callebaut, the manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, has appointed Bjoern Emde (picture:left) as new Head of Media Relations/External Communications, effective July 1, 2015.

He follows Raphael Wermuth who successfully held this position during the past five years and who now assumes the newly created function of Head of Digital Communications within the Group’s Corporate Communications department.

Bjoern Emde (born 1973) served as Senior Media Relations Manager and Spokesperson for Zurich Insurance Group since April 2013. Prior to this function, he served as Communications Manager Europe with Suntech Power International Ltd. in Schaffhausen.

From 2007-2010 Bjoern Emde was a consultant for strategic communications and public affairs with Hering Schuppener Consulting in Duesseldorf and Frankfurt. He studied German and International Law at the University of Regensburg and the Free University of Berlin, completing state exams in Berlin and Hamburg. He also earned a part-time MBA in Public Affairs & Leadership from Quadriga University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. Bjoern Emde is a German and U.S. dual national. 

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