SRG: Raymond Loretan is the new President
Raymond Loretan is the new president of the SRG. The delegates elected him on Thursday in Bern.
They have thus followed the proposal of the Board of Directors. Born in 1955, bilingual Loretan replaces Jean-Bernard Münch. Among other things, Loretan was CVP Secretary General and Consul General in New York. Regula Fecker will be a new member of the Board of Directors. Lucy Küng was confirmed in office for another period. This writes the SRG on Thursday in a communiqué.
Loretan received 21 votes in the third ballot. He will take office on January 1, 2012. Viktor Baumeler, President of SRG.D and member of the SRG Board of Directors, who was nominated for election by the Presidents of the member companies of SRG Deutschschweiz (SRG.D), was narrowly defeated by 19 votes.
Raymond Loretan was, among other things, Secretary General of the CVP. From 1997 to 2002 he was Ambassador of the Swiss Confederation in Singapore and from 2002 to 2007 Consul General at Embassy rank in New York. Loretan graduated in law from the University of Fribourg with a licentiate and obtained a diploma in European law from the University of Strasbourg. He is co-founder and partner of the consulting firm "Fasel Balet Loretan Associés" in Geneva and represents various companies and foundations in different functions and mandates. Loretan is a member of various boards of directors, including chairman of the hospital group "Genolier Swiss Medical Network". In the SRG announcement, he says of his new post: "Sponsors and companies - we all need to join forces to master the major challenges together. This will be one of my priorities."
Jean-Bernard Münch is satisfied that the BoD's proposal was accepted: "In a time of upheaval and major challenges, Raymond Loretan, who is bilingual French and German, can strengthen the BoD thanks to his experience and his Swiss and international perspective, and promote dialogue with politicians.
Lucy Küng, former member of the Board of Directors, was confirmed in office for a further period. Regula Fecker, partner and co-founder of the Zurich advertising agency Rod Kommunikation, was newly elected to the Board of Directors.
