AZ Medien: New Managing Director "Media Switzerland
Roland Kühne will become Managing Director of the "Media Switzerland" division and a member of the Executive Board of AZ Medien from September 1, 2014. In this role, he will also be responsible for the publishing services of AZ Medien.
Roland Kühne is thus responsible for the book business (AT Verlag), the magazine business with four consumer magazines and six trade journals and AZ Verlagsservice, with publishing services for internal and external customers. He takes over the division from Axel Wüstmann, who has managed it on an interim basis since the departure of Christoph Marty.
According to the press release, Roland Kühne has held various positions at Ringier AG in Zurich since 2001, including Head of Customer Contact Center, Head of Services & ICT and most recently Deputy Managing Director of the Blick Group in Zurich. As part of his work at Ringier, Kühne is a member of the Board of Directors of Schober Direkt Media, Ringier Print Adligenswil and SMD Schweizer Mediendatenbank, among others. Before joining Ringier, he worked for Mercedes Benz Switzerland.
The 41-year-old is a federally certified technical businessman and has completed the "Marketing Manager" diploma course at the St. Gallen Business School. Kühne is married and has two children.
He will take up his position on 01.09.2014.
