Greater Zurich Area: Sonja Wollkopf Walt becomes new Managing Director
Sonja Wollkopf Walt is the new Managing Director of Greater Zurich Area. The Board of Directors and Board of Trustees have elected her to succeed Willi Meier as head of the location marketing organization.
According to SDA, Wollkopf Walt is a lawyer with further training in marketing and coaching. She began her professional career as a consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers. She joined Greater Zurich Area AG in 1999 and has been a member of the Executive Board since October 2002, responsible for the entire operational business. Meier will retire at the end of 2009 after eight years as Managing Director.
Greater Zurich Area is the location marketing organization of the Greater Zurich Area economic region. It acquires international companies abroad and supports them with business start-ups and investment projects. It is sponsored by the Greater Zurich Area Location Marketing Foundation.
Since it was founded in 1998, its membership has grown to include the cantons of Aargau, Glarus, Graubünden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Zug and Zurich, the cities of Zurich and Winterthur and several private companies.
Greater Zurich Area is the location marketing organization of the Greater Zurich Area economic region. It acquires international companies abroad and supports them with business start-ups and investment projects. It is sponsored by the Greater Zurich Area Location Marketing Foundation.
Since it was founded in 1998, its membership has grown to include the cantons of Aargau, Glarus, Graubünden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Zug and Zurich, the cities of Zurich and Winterthur and several private companies.
