Since 2023, ftc communication SA has been advising and supporting the agency Berta Kommunikationsplan AG (“Bertakomm”) in French-speaking Switzerland on national communication projects. For professional organisations and cross-party committees, the two agencies have collaborated successfully on federal referendum campaigns in 2024, as well as in 2026).
Building on these successful experiences, the two agencies have decided to continue developing synergies at national level on a more regular basis, mainly in the fields of communication consulting and public affairs.
Since 15 September 2026, Romain Clivaz, the new Head of French-speaking Switzerland for Bertakomm, has joined ftc’s offices in Lausanne. In addition to leading mandates on the Bertakomm side, he is also joining ftc’s consulting team as a consulting partner. He will be particularly responsible for supporting ftc’s French-speaking clients with their federal-level issues.
Romain Clivaz has long experience at the interface between media, politics and public administration, and a strong network throughout Switzerland. For four years, he was a personal advisor to a Federal Councillor, first in the Federal Department of Justice and Police, then in the Federal Department of Finance. As a political journalist, he worked in Bern and Brussels for the main French-speaking Swiss newsrooms: RTS, 24 Heures/Tribune de Genève and Le Temps. At Le Temps, he launched the political podcast “Sous la coupole” (“Under the Dome”). Romain Clivaz holds a degree in Political Science from the University of Geneva.
“For our clients in French-speaking Switzerland, thanks to Romain Clivaz, we can now offer a strengthened liaison capacity to engage with national decision-makers, as well as, of course, additional consulting capacity across the Romandy region,” say François Huguenet and Mélina Vigliotta, co-directors of the ftc agency. Roland Siegenthaler, CEO of Bertakomm, for his part welcomes this new stage in a partnership that enables his agency to guarantee lasting, high-level capacity to act across the country.
Based in Zurich, with additional offices in Bern, Basel, St. Gallen, Mendrisio and now Lausanne, Bertakomm has around forty employees. Also a member of the association Leading Swiss Agencies (LSA), the agency offers services comparable to those of ftc communication in German-speaking Switzerland and nationwide, in the areas of strategy, consulting, public affairs and crisis communication. The agency also has a dedicated multimedia and design team.
