Swissinfo: Peter Schibli becomes Head ad interim

 
Peter Schibli will take over the interim management of Swissinfo.ch, SRG's news and information platform for the Swiss abroad and international audiences, on August 4. The 51-year-old is currently Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Director and replaces Beat Witschi. The latter is leaving the company at the end of August to take up another challenge abroad, according to a press release issued on Thursday. Witschi has been director of Swissinfo since 2005, and the Swissinfo committee decided on Tuesday that Schibli will remain in office until a new director is found. The procedure for finding a successor has been initiated, it added.
Schibli has been working at Swissinfo since the beginning of March 2007 and has been editor-in-chief since January 1, 2008. He took over from Christoph Heri, who retired at the end of April 2008.