Swisscom: Hansueli Loosli to become new Chairman of the Board in 2011
The Swisscom Board of Directors will propose Hansueli Loosli as the new chairman for election at the Annual General Meeting in April 2011. The current CEO of Coop has been a member of the Board of Directors since April 2009. Anton Scherrer, the current chairman of the Board, will step down from the board in 2011.
The Swisscom Board of Directors has decided to propose Hansueli Loosli for appointment as Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting in April 2011. The current Chairman of the Board of Directors, Anton Scherrer, will step down from the Board in 2011. Hansueli Loosli was elected to the Swisscom Board of Directors in April 2009. Swisscom's majority shareholder, the Swiss Confederation, has already approved Loosli's appointment. The Confederation holds 56.9 percent of Swisscom and is represented by one member on the nine-member Board of Directors.
Loosli, 54, has been Chief Executive Officer of Coop since 2001. He will relinquish operational management as of April 2011 and take over as Chairman of the Board of Directors at that time. He will then concentrate on his mandates at Swisscom and the Coop Group, the company wrote in a press release on Friday.
Loosli, 54, has been Chief Executive Officer of Coop since 2001. He will relinquish operational management as of April 2011 and take over as Chairman of the Board of Directors at that time. He will then concentrate on his mandates at Swisscom and the Coop Group, the company wrote in a press release on Friday.
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