Swiss-based European energy company MET Group has appointed Tobias Kistner as Group Communications Director as of November 1, 2022. The new position was created to support MET Group’s intensive growth strategy by strengthening the company’s strategic and operational communications.
A 44-year-old communication advisor with more than 17 years of experience in corporate communications and public relations, Tobias Kistner joins MET Group from Axpo Group. There he worked for almost nine years and held various senior management positions in external communications, media relations, and content management for the company’s energy business in around 40 countries in Europe, the USA and Asia.
Prior to that, he worked as Deputy Head of Corporate Communications at Switzerland’s largest private telecommunications provider Sunrise and was a senior communication consultant at Farner Consulting in Zurich.
MET Group
MET Group is an integrated European energy company, headquartered in Switzerland, with activities and assets in natural gas and power markets. MET is present in 13 countries through subsidiaries, 27 national gas markets, and 22 international trading hubs. In 2021, MET Group’s consolidated sales revenue amounted to EUR 18,1 billion, the volume of traded natural gas was 55 BCM, traded electricity 50+ TWh.