NZZ head of economics Schwarz becomes new director of Avenir Suisse
Gerhard Schwarz, the long-time head of the business desk at the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, has been appointed by the board of trustees of the liberal think tank Avenir Suisse to succeed Thomas Held. He is expected to take up his new position in the fourth quarter of 2010.
According to an NZZ press release, his successor in the business editorial team will also be in place by this time. Schwarz has left his mark on the newspaper's economic and financial reporting in various functions over the years and has equally vouched for professional competence and a very clear liberal value system.
Born in 1951, Gerhard Schwarz studied economics and business administration in St. Gallen from 1969 to 1980, interrupted by study visits to the USA and Colombia. After a one-year stint at an industrial company in Liechtenstein, he joined the business desk of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung in 1981. At the end of 1982, he was transferred to Paris as a correspondent, where he followed economic and political developments in France for four years. He returned to the editorial office in Zurich at the beginning of 1987. Seven years later, he succeeded Willy Zeller as head of the business section.
Since then, the focus of his journalistic work has been on economic monitoring and economic policy, monetary policy, corporate governance as well as economic policy, global economic and economic philosophy issues. Schwarz has also lectured on regulatory policy issues at the University of Zurich since 1989. He was appointed Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the NZZ in 2008.
Born in 1951, Gerhard Schwarz studied economics and business administration in St. Gallen from 1969 to 1980, interrupted by study visits to the USA and Colombia. After a one-year stint at an industrial company in Liechtenstein, he joined the business desk of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung in 1981. At the end of 1982, he was transferred to Paris as a correspondent, where he followed economic and political developments in France for four years. He returned to the editorial office in Zurich at the beginning of 1987. Seven years later, he succeeded Willy Zeller as head of the business section.
Since then, the focus of his journalistic work has been on economic monitoring and economic policy, monetary policy, corporate governance as well as economic policy, global economic and economic philosophy issues. Schwarz has also lectured on regulatory policy issues at the University of Zurich since 1989. He was appointed Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the NZZ in 2008.
