Moderators

Claire Doole worked for the BBC for 14 years reporting from Brussels, Geneva, and London. She has been a spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in London, International Federation of the Red Cross in Haiti and head of media at WWF International in Switzerland.

Based in Geneva, Claire has run courses for companies and organisations worldwide since 2006 in media relations, presentation skills and writing. She is an experienced video producer, moderator and voice-over.

She has moderated conference panel discussions for numerous international organisations including the International Committee of the Red Cross, UN Economic Commission for Europe and the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations.

Michel Cerutti is a journalist, producer, presenter, editorial writer, and reporter. He holds a degree in Ethnology from the University of Neuchâtel and has worked for Radio Télévision Suisse for the past 20 years.

For the last several years, Mr Cerutti has been seconded to TV5Monde, for which he serves as the correspondent for Switzerland. On occasion, he also moderates conferences and debates on topics such as the United Nations, human rights and public service.

Marc Furrer is President of the Federal Communications Commission (ComCom) since 2005. In 2015 he was Vice-President IRG/BEREC (Independent Regulators Group, the body of European telecom regulators).

Between 2008 and 2012 he was also head of the Postal Regulation Authority (PostReg). During this period he was head of the Swiss delegation to the 2012 Universal Postal Congress in Doha with the title of State Secretary.

In 2008 he was elected president of the Swiss National Ice Hockey League. Since autumn 2012 he is President of the board of the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation.

In 2003 and 2005 he led the Swiss Delegation to the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva and Tunis.

After studying law at the University of Bern and passing the bar exam, Marc Furrer worked for Swiss Radio DRS. Between 1988 and 1992 he was personal advisor to Federal Councillor and former President of Switzerland Adolf Ogi and between 1992 and 2004 General Director of the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM).