Dirk Schütz becomes new editor-in-chief of Bilanz

Former Cash boss Dirk Schütz will become Editor-in-Chief of the business magazine Bilanz from January 1, 2008. He succeeds René Lüchinger, who left the magazine in September 2007 (see ). "I was looking for someone who combines both professional expertise in the field of business journalism and management experience. Only a few people have this - and in Dirk Schütz we have now found the right man," Axel Springer Switzerland CEO Ralph Büchi told Werbewoche. "I was able to take my time with the new appointment because Stefan Barmettler and Pierre-André Schmitt have managed Bilanz very well on an interim basis. "How the business magazine should be developed further will be discussed with the three-person committee of Schütz, Barmettler and Schmitt from the new year. "Bilanz has been successful for 30 years. We will discuss how we can improve it further once the new editor-in-chief is on board," said Büchi. The editorial team should set the course.
Schütz graduated from the Henri Nannen School of Journalism after studying economics. He is already familiar with Bilanz: in the 1990s and until 2002, he was deputy editor-in-chief of Bilanz and the German business weekly Wirtschaftswoche. From 2002 to July 2007, he was Editor-in-Chief of Ringier's weekly newspaper Cash.
In his new role, Schütz will also become a member of the extended management of the publisher Axel Springer Switzerland. Stefan Barmettler, previously a member of the editorial board of Bilanz, has been appointed deputy editor-in-chief. Pierre-André Schmitt, who has been managing the business magazine together with Barmettler on an interim basis following the departure of René Lüchinger, will also remain Deputy Editor-in-Chief.