The man with the bow tie makes a fly
After 20 years as chairman of the board of directors of the Zurich-based media company Tamedia, Hans Heinrich Coninx stepped down at Thursday’s annual general meeting. He is handing the reins to his nephew, Pietro Supino, who will take over as chairman of the board.
After 20 years as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Zurich-based media company Tamedia, Hans Heinrich Coninx stepped down at the Annual General Meeting on Thursday. He makes way for his nephew Pietro Supino, who takes over as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The newly elected member has been a member of the Tamedia Board of Directors since 1991 and Vice Chairman since 2002. His election means that the top position will remain in the hands of the Coninx family, who have managed the company for 114 years. Three branches of the family hold 76 percent of the shares. The 41-year-old Supino is a dual Swiss-Italian citizen and studied law and economics.
The retiring 62-year-old Coninx has led Tamedia through two decades of eventful Swiss media history. Under his aegis, the publishing house became a multi-media company. This includes a radio and a television station. Titles such as SonntagsZeitung and Facts were launched, as SDA summarized in a press release. Tamedia also entered the commuter newspaper market under the fly carrier with the publication of 20 Minuten. The direct competitor NZZ praised Coninx as a reserved business leader and master of understatement, whose "loud demeanor and self-promotion, as can often be observed in the media industry, contradict each other."
The retiring 62-year-old Coninx has led Tamedia through two decades of eventful Swiss media history. Under his aegis, the publishing house became a multi-media company. This includes a radio and a television station. Titles such as SonntagsZeitung and Facts were launched, as SDA summarized in a press release. Tamedia also entered the commuter newspaper market under the fly carrier with the publication of 20 Minuten. The direct competitor NZZ praised Coninx as a reserved business leader and master of understatement, whose "loud demeanor and self-promotion, as can often be observed in the media industry, contradict each other."
