Swiss Post announce new CEO
Board of Directors of Swiss Post appointed Michel Kunz as the new Chief Executive Officer. Kuntz will repalce Ulrich Gygi on 1 April 2009.
Board of Directors of Swiss Post appointed Michel Kunz as the new Chief Executive Officer.
At its meeting on 15 December 2008, the Board of Directors of Swiss Post appointed Michel Kunz as the new Chief Executive Officer. Michel Kunz has held management positions at Swiss Post since 1994 and is currently Head of the two Group units PostMail and PostLogistics. He will take over from Ulrich Gygi on 1 April 2009. At the same time, Anton Menth will be replaced by Claude Béglé as Chairman of the Board.
Michel Kunz will take over on 1 April 2009 from Ulrich Gygi, who will leave Swiss Post on this date. Ulrich Gygi, who was appointed by the Federal Council to be Chairman of the Board at Swiss Federal Railways as of 1 January 2009, has been at the helm of Swiss Post since 1 July 2000. Under his leadership, Swiss Post was transformed from a former federal company into the current Group and prepared for the imminent deregulation.
On 1 April 2009, Anton Menth will also retire as Chairman of the Board. He has been in this position since 2002. He will be succeeded by Claude Béglé – as decided by the Federal Council last June – who has been a member of the Board of Directors at Swiss Post since 1 October 2008.
