André Ingold becomes President of the FRZ Zurich Airport Region
On Tuesday, André Ingold was elected president of the organization by the FRZ General Assembly. The outgoing president, René Huber, was named honorary president. The General Assembly also elected Jan Schibli and Edith Zuber to the board of directors.
At the General Assembly of the FRZ Zurich Airport Region on Tuesday, there was a change at the top of the organization. René Huber, Mayor of Kloten and co-founder of the FRZ, is stepping down as President and was elected as the first Honorary President. Huber was instrumental in the creation of the business network in 2011. As a reason for the resignation, Huber states that he wants to initiate the staggered renewal of the management structures at FRZ.
André Ingold as successor
The Board of the Zurich Airport Region proposed André Ingold as his successor. At the FRZ General Assembly, Ingold was unanimously elected as president. Ingold has been a member of the FRZ board since 2018.
André Ingold has been Mayor of Dübendorf since 2018, having been a member of the Dübendorf City Council since 2006. With a population of around 30,000, Dübendorf is the fourth-largest city in the canton of Zurich (after Zurich, Winterthur and Uster) and thus the largest city in the core area of the Zurich airport region. Furthermore, Ingold has also been president of Glow. the Glatt Valley since 2018. Professionally, André Ingold works as Chairman of the Executive Board at BW Generalbau in Winterthur.
Edith Zuber and Jan Schibli new on the Board of Directors
The General Meeting also elected Jan Schibli of the Schibli Group Uster and Edith Zuber, mayor of Dietlikon, to the Board. In addition to René Huber, Thomas Leugger did not stand for re-election.
The new composition of the Executive Board is as follows:
- André Ingold (Mayor of Dübendorf) as President
- Joana Filippi (Zurich Airport) as Vice Chairwoman
- Reinhard Kern (Zurich Cantonal Bank)
- Dölf Lendenmann (Binelli Group, Zurich)
- Doris Meier (Mayor of Bassersdorf and member of the Cantonal Council)
- Thomas Peter (Koten Municipality)
- Paul Remund (President of the municipality of Opfikon)
- Jan Schibli (Schibli Group, Uster)
- Edith Zuber (President of the Municipality of Dietlikon)
- Christoph Lang is Managing Director of FRZ Flughafenregion Zürich, which has its office in Glattbrugg.
FRZ continues to grow
FRZ Airport Region Zurich, business network and location development, has again grown strongly in 2019. This is revealed in the 2019 annual report. The number of members increased to almost 640 towards the end of the reporting year (+17 percent).
Since then, growth has continued despite the Corona pandemic. As of Tuesday, the organization has 675 members - in addition to 644 companies, they include 12 cities and towns and 19 associations and federations.
New digital platform for FRZ members
In May, FRZ launched a new digital Platform which is exclusively available for FRZ members. On the FRZ Networking Platform, product offers can be placed and contacts can be maintained online at any time.
