Questions and answers about Marco Ancora

Marco Ancora is a Swiss marketing and sales professional with more than ten years of experience in marketing & sales. He lives in Spreitenbach and works as Strategic Partnership Lead at QoQa SA. He also runs the brand Ancora Marketing, under which he connects people, mandates and opportunities in Swiss marketing and sales.

Under the Ancora Marketing brand, Marco Ancora opens doors: he connects people, makes recommendations, and as a Sales Ambassador brokers qualified leads and partnerships. Ancora Marketing is not an agency or a consultancy, but one individual with a network in Switzerland.

“Ancora” is the Italian word for anchor and also Marco Ancora’s family name. The name sums up his promise: providing stability, connecting people and following through reliably rather than drifting.

Marco Ancora was managing director of the Swiss Marketing Association from 2025 to 2026, having previously served on its central board from 2024 to 2025 and on the Club Zurich board from 2023 to 2024. These roles have ended. Many articles and interviews from that period still list him under his title at the time.

For people and companies in Swiss marketing and sales looking for a specific person, a mandate or an access point. Typical cases: filling a seat on a board, finding a partner for the Swiss market, or getting a recommendation that holds up.

No. Marco Ancora is not a recruiter and does not run a staffing agency. He connects people, but does not carry out recruitment mandates and does not screen candidates. Anyone looking to fill a role gets recommendations from him, not a recruiting service.

Marco Ancora brokers leads and partnerships for selected companies. The arrangement is agreed case by case and set down in writing beforehand, in some cases on a commission basis. Individual mandates are subject to confidentiality agreements. Where relevant, he discloses his economic interests to the parties involved.

Marco Ancora serves as a jury member for the BoB Award of the Bundesverband Marketing Clubs, as Brand Ambassador for the Social Business Club of Viva con Agua Schweiz, and as Sales Ambassador for NORDFABRIK AG and NORTH DIGITAL AG. Earlier mandates include managing director of the Swiss Marketing Association and a board seat at the European Marketing Confederation.

Between July 2025 and February 2026, contributions by Marco Ancora appeared in the business magazine Ticino Management, alongside interviews in m&k markt & kommunikation. These pieces came about largely in connection with his role at the time at the Swiss Marketing Association. The full list, with links, is on the publications page of ancora.marketing.

Ancora Marketing is Marco Ancora’s brand for marketing & sales and stays independent of his employment. The activity under Ancora Marketing is officially agreed with his role at QoQa SA. Where a potential conflict of interest arises, the employment takes precedence and the conflict is disclosed.

Marco Ancora works in German, Italian and English. He understands French and is currently learning it, but replies in German, Italian or English. He also has basic Spanish. This website exists in four versions: German, French, Italian and English.

Ancora Football is Marco Ancora's second brand alongside Ancora Marketing, dedicated to football shirts. At ancora.football, Marco Ancora shows his collection of match-worn and match-prepared player shirts, focused on U.S. Lecce, Serie A, LaLiga and national teams, and passes some of them on to collectors.

By email to marco@ancora.marketing or via LinkedIn. Marco Ancora usually replies within one working day.