Axel is an expert in International Media Relations and Executive & Financial Communications. He has worked in PR, journalism, and advertising for 15 years. Prior to founding Shepard Fox Communications in 2007 and becoming its Managing Director, he was the Global PR Director & Corporate Spokesperson of the Adecco Group in Zurich. Before that he was the Head of Corporate PR & Global Media Relations at Siemens AG in Munich for the mobile communications group. Axel has graduate degrees in Economics and Business from German and US universities, respectively. He has worked in the US, the UK, Germany and Switzerland.