Jochen Färber

Jochen Färber joined the IOC in December 2013 as Head of the IOC President’s Executive Office. When the Olympic Channel was established, he changed role and, since the end of 2015, has headed its Lausanne office. Together with his colleagues from the Digital Engagement and Marketing Department in Lausanne and Olympic Channel Services in Madrid, he works on the success of the IOC’s digital assets.

He first worked on the Olympic Games in 1996 for the Organising Committee Press Operations Team for the fencing competition in Atlanta. He started his journalistic career at the age of only 16 and established his own communications agency at 24.

The International Fencing Federation relied on him as Press Chief and broadcast specialist for most of their major events from 1993 until 2010. He worked with the International Paralympic Committee from 2004 to increase its reach through television and digital channels. He also worked for Eurosport as a commentator and station voice from 1993.

In 2010, he took up the role as Communications Director of “Munich 2018” to bid for the Olympic Winter Games in 2018. For many years he worked at the Olympic Training Centre for Fencing in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany, and enjoyed a close working relationship with top athletes and commercial partners.