Two new Group Executive Board members at Ringier
Effective May 1, Ringier’s five-member Group Executive Board will be expanded to include Chief Technology & Data Officer Kilian Kämpfen and Group General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer Manuel Liatowitsch, who will also take over as head of Ringier’s Corporate Center.
The two new appointments are intended to underscore the relevance of technology and data as well as the importance of the Ringier Group Corporate Center.
Kilian Kämpfen, 54, has been Chief Technology & Data Officer (CTDO) and Head International Technology & Data Unit at Ringier since March 2019. Previously, he served as Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO) at Ringier Digital and as Head of the International Marketplaces Unit since 2013. Since 2006, Kämpfen has held various management positions at the Scout24 Switzerland Group. He will join the Group Executive Board of Ringier as of May 1, 2021.
Manuel Liatowitsch, 49, joined the Ringier Group in October 2020 as Group General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer. As of May 1, Liatowitsch will become a member of the Group Executive Board and, in addition to his existing functions, will take over the leadership of of the Corporate Center, which comprises the Group units Legal, Compliance, HR, Corporate Communications and Data Protection, as well as Risk Management and Crisis Management.
The Group Executive Board of Ringier will in future be composed of:
- Marc Walder (CEO)
- Annabella Bassler (CFO)
- Ladina Heimgartner (Head Global Media and CEO Blick Group)
- Alexander Theobald (COO Ringier Switzerland and CEO Ringier Axel Springer Switzerland)
- Axel Konjack (Head Global Marketplaces)
- Kilian Kämpfen (Chief Tech and Data Officer)
