Weltwoche receives reinforcement from St. Gallen
Roger Köppel, publisher, editor-in-chief and majority shareholder of Weltwoche, has expanded the Board of Directors of Weltwoche Verlags AG, which was officially founded in November, from two to four members. The most prominent new member is Peter Kleiner, member of the Board of Directors of St. Galler Tagblatt AG, which belongs to the NZZ Group.
Roger Köppel, publisher, editor-in-chief and majority shareholder of Weltwoche, has expanded the Board of Directors of Weltwoche Verlags AG, which was officially founded in November, from two to four members. The most prominent new member is Peter Kleiner, member of the Board of Directors of St. Galler Tagblatt AG, which belongs to the NZZ Group.
However, Kleiner's new board mandate at Weltwoche has nothing to do with the NZZ Group. "Kleiner's appointment at Weltwoche was made in a personal capacity," says Beat Lauber, member of the NZZ Group's Executive Board. "Kleiner informed us beforehand and we had nothing against it because the NZZ Group has no points of contact with Weltwoche or Jean Frey AG." Kleiner, who was also operationally active in the publishing industry as director of St. Galler Tagblatt AG until 1998, could not be reached for comment. Incidentally, Kleiner already knows Weltwoche well: when Jean Frey AG was transferred from the Basler Medien Group to the investor group led by Tito Tettamanti and Charles von Graffenried in 2002, Kleiner was also a member of the new Board of Directors - until the beginning of 2005.
The second new member of the current Weltwoche Board of Directors is Bruno Widmer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the investment company Brino-Holding in Zug and holder of various other board mandates outside the publishing industry. The board also includes Köppel himself as board delegate and the lawyer Martin Ernst Wagner as board chairman.
Markus Knöpfli
However, Kleiner's new board mandate at Weltwoche has nothing to do with the NZZ Group. "Kleiner's appointment at Weltwoche was made in a personal capacity," says Beat Lauber, member of the NZZ Group's Executive Board. "Kleiner informed us beforehand and we had nothing against it because the NZZ Group has no points of contact with Weltwoche or Jean Frey AG." Kleiner, who was also operationally active in the publishing industry as director of St. Galler Tagblatt AG until 1998, could not be reached for comment. Incidentally, Kleiner already knows Weltwoche well: when Jean Frey AG was transferred from the Basler Medien Group to the investor group led by Tito Tettamanti and Charles von Graffenried in 2002, Kleiner was also a member of the new Board of Directors - until the beginning of 2005.
The second new member of the current Weltwoche Board of Directors is Bruno Widmer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the investment company Brino-Holding in Zug and holder of various other board mandates outside the publishing industry. The board also includes Köppel himself as board delegate and the lawyer Martin Ernst Wagner as board chairman.
Markus Knöpfli
