Robin Lingg prepares for change to Ringier's Supervisory Board
As part of the long-term planning of the family-owned company Ringier, Robin Lingg will step down from Ringier’s Group Executive Board effective January 31, 2021. Axel Konjack will become the new Head of Global Marketplaces starting in February 2021 and will thus join the Group Executive Board.
The Intent communicated in early 2018, that 41-year-old Robin Lingg will assume the leadership role of the sixth generation of the owner family in the medium term is progressing. The son of Evelyn Lingg, sister of Chairman Michael Ringier, will leave Ringier's Group Executive Board at the end of January 2021 to prepare for his future role as a member of the Board of Directors.
Lingg joined the Ringier Group in 2013 after working for the international pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim for seven years. Under Lingg, Ringier expanded its involvement in digital marketplaces in the areas of real estate, cars, jobs and horizontals in 19 countries. In addition, Robin Lingg was responsible for the Tech & Data business unit since the beginning of 2019 and realigned it internationally in terms of strategy and organization. Under his leadership, Ringier invested significantly in new technologies and platforms for the Group's Marketplaces and Media portfolios.
2023 on the Board of Directors
In order to prepare himself optimally for his next task as a member of the Board of Directors of the diversified media company, Robin Lingg will relinquish operational responsibility for the digital marketplaces at the end of January 2021. He is scheduled to join Ringier's Board of Directors in 2023. However, Lingg will continue to hold selected board mandates at subsidiaries of the Ringier Group, including Scout24 Switzerland or DeinDeal, Ringier writes in a statement.
Change of leadership at Global Marketplaces
Axel Konjack, 51, joined Ringier in October 2018 from the real estate platform Homegate as Chief Operating Officer Global Marketplaces. He has many years of experience in the strategic development of digital and media companies. As CEO, Konjack was operationally responsible for the reorganization and sustainable growth of leading digital companies in Germany and Switzerland. Axel Konjack holds a degree in business administration and studied in Frankfurt/Main and Lyon.
As of February 2021, the Group Executive Board of Ringier will be composed of:
- Marc Walder (CEO)
- Annabella Bassler (CFO)
- Ladina Heimgartner (Head Global Media and CEO Blick Group)
- Axel Konjack (Head Global Marketplaces)
- Alexander Theobald (COO Switzerland and CEO Ringier Axel Springer Switzerland)
