Peter Siegenthaler takes over management of Swissinfo

On October 1, Peter Siegenthaler took over as head of the German-language editorial team at Swissinfo/Swiss Radio International. He replaces Rita Emch, as Swissinfo announced on Wednesday. Siegenthaler studied economics and began his journalistic career as business editor at the daily newspaper Der Bund. In 1988, he moved to Swiss Radio DRS, where he held various positions. He was producer of the program Rendez-vous am Mittag as well as editor and later head of the consumer magazine Espresso. In 2002, he became Head of Public Relations for the Swiss Landscape Fund, of which he was a member of the Executive Board. Swissinfo/Swiss Radio International is the corporate unit of SRG that fulfills the foreign mandate.