Swiss Marketing Academy gains new members
The Communication Academy, an educational institution based in Basel, will be sold to the Zurich-based Swiss Marketing Academy effective February 1, 2017.
The provider for marketing and sales specialists with a federal degree is taken over by the provider for marketing and sales training in the Swiss market.
After successful work in recent years, the Basel-based company Communication Academy is being taken over by Swiss Marketing Academy and its owners. According to the announcement, little will change for the students and lecturers, except that the location will be moved from the St. Jakobs Stadium to the Gundeli district.
The new owners are the current owners and founders of Swiss Marketing Academy (Brigitte Oertli and Hansruedi Knöpfli [natural persons 25 percent, respectively 50 percent), and Swiss Marketing Academy GmbH [legal entity, 25 percent]). Thus, as of February 01, 2017, Communication Academy AG will continue to operate as normal under its well-established brand, with the addition of "powered by Swiss Marketing Academy".
Swiss Marketing Academy is already represented in Basel today - the acquisition of Communication Academy means a strengthening of its position in the Basel area. "We are aware that we are taking over a well-established training center and a top brand," says CEO Hansruedi Knöpfli. The range of courses will be expanded, not least because of the upcoming examination reform in the field of marketing and sales training.
