Biography
Fredy Müller is the founder and owner of MC&P, the Swiss consulting firm specialising in lobbying and public relations. For three years, he was CEO and served on the board of directors of the German consulting company Concilius Switzerland in Zurich. From 1999 to 2007 he was an executive at Economiesuisse, the Swiss Business Federation. From 1991 to 1998 he headed the staff department of the Social Insurance Office of the Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) in Switzerland.
After graduating with a degree in humanities from the University of Zurich and the University of Poitiers (France) and completing a continuing education degree at the Media Training Center (NCAC) in Lucerne, Fredy Müller was editor of the program “Rendez-vous am Mittag” during his four-year tenure at the information sector of the Swiss radio station DRS in Bern.
From 2005 to 2014, Fredy Müller served as president of the Swiss Society of Public Affairs (SPAG), the association for lobbyists in Switzerland. He is also a guest lecturer at Swiss universities on the topics of political consulting and lobbying (ZHAW - MAS in Communication Management and Leadership; HSLU - MAS Public Management).
Publications
- Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 11.03.2014: Lobbyisten wollen selber Transparenz schaffen.
- Basler Zeitung, 03.03.2014: Die Stunde der Lobbyisten.
- Berner Zeitung, 13.02.2014: So arbeiten die Lobbyisten im Bundeshaus.
- Blick, 20.01.2009, Interview mit Fredy Müller: „Wir sind der Motor in einer Demokratie.“
- Der Landbote, 31.05.2008, Interview mit Fredy Müller: „Ich bin der oberste Lobbyist der Schweiz.“
- Die Südostschweiz, 02.12.2007, Interview mit Fredy Müller: „Wir möchten professionellen Zutritt zum Bundeshaus.“
- persoenlich.com, 14.03.2005, Interview mit Fredy Müller: „Letztlich ist immer der Lobbyist schuld.