SRG-SSR, the Swiss national broadcaster has unveiled the Eurovision 2025 CORE Team which includes many familiar faces at our beloved contest.

The Swiss national broadcaster has unveiled the 2025 Eurovision CORE Team. SRG-SSR has been working round the clock in order to showcase an extraordinary Eurovision edition come 2025.

The strong group of Core Team members will be joining Reto Peritz and Moritz Stadler (Co-Executive Producers ESC 2025). Hence the 2025 Eurovision 2025 Core Team will consist of 16 professionals both from Switzerland and overseas.

Christer Bjorkman is back in the game as the Head of the Contest for Eurovision 2025 for one more year a role which he has a great experience with, having worked at the 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2024.

The current Swiss of Delegation Yves Schifferle has been appointed as the Head of the Show and he will be working in close coordination with Christer Bjorkman. Daniel Meister has been appointed as the Swiss Head of Delegation for one year as Yves will be working in the 2025 Core Team.

Another familiar face to join the ESC 2025 Core Team is Tobias Aberg who has been appointed as the Head of Production, he has been involved in the past three Swedish Eurovision editions in 2013, 2016 and 2024.

Nadja Burkhardt-Tracol who has worked at the EBU for many years as the Eurovsiion Song Contest Event Supervisor has been appointed as the Head of Event for Eurovision 2025.

The 2025 Eurovision Core Team:

• Reto Peritz- Executive Co-Producer
• Moritz Stadler- Executive Co- Producer
• Christer Bjorkman- Head of Contest
• Tobias Aberg- Head of Production
• Yves Schifferle- Head of Show
• Berhard Spahni- Head of PMO
• Manfred Winz- Head of Finance
• Nadja Burkhardt-Tracol- Head of Event
• Aurore Chatard- Head of Security
• Kevin Stuber- Head of Legal
• Thomas Pittino- Head of Marketing and Funding
• Vassillis Donikian- Head of HR
• Nicole Beutler- Head of Public Affairs
• Henriette Engbersen- Head of Public Value
• Till Jendly-Assisant at ESC

SRG-SSR’s official press release reads:

Immediately after Nemo’s victory in Malmö, Sweden, on 11 May, an SRG task force began preparing for the 2025 ESC in Switzerland. A month ago, Reto Peritz from SRF and Moritz Stadler from RTS were announced as the Executive Producers who will share overall responsibility. Now the core team for the project, which will replace the current task force, is in place:

• Yves Schifferle has been Head of the Show desk in SRF’s Entertainment department since 2021 and was also Switzerland’s Head of Delegation at the ESC. Now that he and Nemo and the team have brought Switzerland victory in the 2024 ESC, he is taking on the role of Head of Show for the Swiss ESC in 2025. He will be responsible for creating and realising the content for all three ESC shows (e.g. moderating the shows, the opening and interval acts, the flag parade, postcards and voting procedure). For one year only, his role as Swiss Head of Delegation will be taken over by Daniel Meister.
• Christer Björkman is a Swedish TV producer. He has had a very strong influence on the ESC over the past 10 years, especially as Head of Contest in 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2024, when he and his team were responsible for coordinating and producing the contributions from all 40 participating nations. Björkman will once again take on the role of Head of Contest at the Swiss ESC and will be working closely with Yves Schifferle.
• Bernhard Spahni has had an impressive career as an event organiser: he has been Head of Events at Farner Emotions, Global Head of Event Marketing with Red Bull and, since 2022, Head of Experience & Festival on the International Olympic Committee. Spahni is to be Head of PMO for the ESC.
• Manfred Winz is Deputy Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) with SRG’s General Management team in Bern, a member of the SRG Crisis Team and now Head of Finance for the Swiss ESC.
• Tobias Åberg from Sweden is an ESC pro: he was Executive in Charge of Production in Malmö and was also a member of the core team for ESC 2013 and 2016. Over the last eight years, he has served as either Head of Production or a technical expert. He will be Head of Production for the Swiss ESC. In that role, he will be responsible for technical production, stage construction, infrastructure and IT.
• Nadja Burkhardt-Tracol worked for many years with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) as Event Supervisor for the ESC. She is the Special Event Manager for the Concours Hippique International in Geneva, co-founder of Cosykitchen and, as Head of Event for the ESC, will be the primary point of contact for the host city.
• Aurore Chatard is a security expert. She has been the Global Health, Safety and Security Director at the Norwegian Refugee Council, the Risk Manager and BCM at the Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU), is currently Business Continuity Manager and Crisis Manager at RTS and will be Head of Security at the ESC.
• Kevin Stuber is a lawyer who has been working for two years in the legal department at SRG General Management and he will be Head of Legal for the 2025 ESC.
• Thomas Pittino has been at SRF for 12 years, initially as Business Developer, then Head of Sponsorship and today Head of Marketing. He will take on the Head of Marketing & Funding role at the Swiss ESC.
• Vassilis Donikian occupied various HR positions at SRF over a period of seven years and now, after a spell working in the Recruiting & Employer Branding team at the City of Zurich’s Social Services Department, he will take on the role of Head of HR at the 2025 ESC.
• Nicole Beutler is a public affairs specialist with many years of experience, has been a partner with furrerhugi AG and is now co-owner and Managing Director of Les Tailleurs Communication. She will be Head of Public Affairs for the ESC.
• Henriette Engbersen, who has been Head of the Public Value team at SRG for the last 18 months, will also be responsible for Public Value at the ESC.
• Till Jendly joins us from the biotech company CSL Behring in Bern to take on the role of Assistant for the ESC.

For the time being, all the communication for the ESC will be handled via the SRG Press Office.

Now the project core team will gradually set up the teams for the various areas of work and press ahead with organising the world’s biggest music event at the same rapid tempo.

Source: SSR- SRG
Photo credit: SSR-SRG/ Simon Boschi