New Group CIO at Ringier
Effective May 1, Joachim Aschoff will assume the role of Group CIO and take charge of corporate IT at the Swiss media group Ringier.
Joachim Aschoff is taking over IT responsibility from Urs Gerhard. The former CIO is leaving the company after six years as Head of Group-wide IT Services. He wants to take on a new challenge, according to Ringier.
Aschoff has been with Zurich Financial Services since 2005, where he will continue to serve as Head of Global Service Management in the financial services provider's Group IT until the end of April. Prior to that, he held various management positions at Swissport, Lufthansa and the former Swissair, among others. There is not yet a successor for him at Zurich Financial Services, Cio.de writes. The new Group CIO will lead a team of about 100 IT employees at the Swiss media group. He will report directly to the Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Center, Samuel Hügli.
In addition, the company is to give all employees access to Google Apps Premier Edition by October 2010. The Google Apps are to replace a total of eight different mail and calendar systems and dozens of mail domains previously in use within the media company.
Aschoff has been with Zurich Financial Services since 2005, where he will continue to serve as Head of Global Service Management in the financial services provider's Group IT until the end of April. Prior to that, he held various management positions at Swissport, Lufthansa and the former Swissair, among others. There is not yet a successor for him at Zurich Financial Services, Cio.de writes. The new Group CIO will lead a team of about 100 IT employees at the Swiss media group. He will report directly to the Chief Financial Officer and Head of Corporate Center, Samuel Hügli.
In addition, the company is to give all employees access to Google Apps Premier Edition by October 2010. The Google Apps are to replace a total of eight different mail and calendar systems and dozens of mail domains previously in use within the media company.
