Changes to Swiss Post Executive Management
At its meeting on 29 October 2007, the Board of Directors of Swiss Post appointed Markus Zenhäusern as Head of Finance and as a member of Executive Management effective 1 June 2008. He replaces Hans-Peter Strodel, who will retire on that date.
In appointing Markus Zenhäusern, 45, the Board of Directors has selected a distinguished financial specialist with a broad range of experience in controlling, international finance and accounting, as well as in transfer price systems and the integration of companies in the context of mergers and acquisitions. After graduating from the University of St. Gallen with a degree in business administration, Markus Zenhäusern took a PhD at the University of Fribourg.
Hans-Peter Strodel left the private sector in 1995 to join what was then Switzerland’s PTT administration as Director of Finance and Controlling and was appointed Swiss Post’s Head of Finance in 1996. In this capacity he served as a member of the Executive Management from 1 January 1998 onward. As Head of Finance, he was responsible for the establishment of modern accounting and management information systems as well as insurance and risk management as the basis for the new Group financial management. The strategic reorientation of Swiss Post’s real estate operations formed a further focal point of his work.
During this period, Swiss Post Group saw its sales grow from CHF 5.6 billion to nearly CHF 9 billion, while Group profit increased from CHF 239 to more than CHF 800 million and Swiss Post’s scope of consolidation expanded from just over a dozen to nearly 100 companies in 19 countries.
