Walter Althaus resigns from Publicitas

Advertising sales and training specialist Walter Althaus is stepping down as Head of Training and Development at the Publicitas Group in the middle of the year. He will become an independent consultant and trainer from July 1. The 60-year-old was with P for 19 years, including 14 years in a management role. Before that, he spent 19 years at Ringier, also on the publishing side. Althaus writes in a press release that now is exactly the right time to take off on his own. "In tougher times, companies of all sizes need support for projects and in the event of problems, but they don't want fixed costs if possible."
Walter Althaus has many years of experience as a board member and has been a member of various boards of directors of further education institutions in the media industry for many years. He is a lecturer and course leader at the Media Institute of the Swiss Press Association and at Sawi. His core areas include management and leadership in advertising marketing, training and further education, training and coaching of commercial publishing specialists as well as projects in the areas of management development and assessment.