Handelszeitung: Beat Balzli becomes new editor-in-chief
Beat Balzli has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Handelszeitung. The 44-year-old will take up his new post in October 2010 at the latest. He succeeds Martin Spieler, who has led the Swiss business newspaper since 2004.
Beat Balzli, born in Hamburg and raised in Lucerne, studied economics and business administration in Bern and Paris and turned to business journalism after his studies. After holding various positions in Switzerland - at the Handelszeitung, Sonntagszeitung and Facts - Balzli joined the Hamburg news magazine Spiegel as an editor in 2001. His editorial work at Spiegel brought him numerous awards, including the Henri Nannen Prize 2009, the Herbert Quandt Media Prize 2009 and the Helmut Schmidt Journalism Prize 2008 (2nd place). Last year, Balzli was voted "Business Journalist of the Year 2009" by the magazine Wirtschaftsjournalist.
