Jürg Schmid moves from Switzerland Tourism to SBB
Jürg Schmid, Director of Switzerland Tourism, is taking on a new challenge and is expected to join SBB in the second quarter of 2010. There, he will join the Group Executive Board as the new Head of Passenger Transport.
He succeeds Paul Blumenthal, who left the SBB Group Management Board at the end of September 2009. Vincent Bucrot will continue to head the Passenger Division on an interim basis until the changeover.
Jürg Schmid has been Director of Switzerland Tourism for ten years and in this role is responsible for Switzerland's image as a vacation, travel and conference destination. In this role, the 47-year-old has been working closely with SBB for many years, as SBB writes in a press release. He previously worked for Oracle Software Corporation Ltd. from 1994 to 1999, first as Sales Manager on the Executive Board for Switzerland and then as Sales and Marketing Director in the NCEE & CIS, MEA region.
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Jürg Schmid has been Director of Switzerland Tourism for ten years and in this role is responsible for Switzerland's image as a vacation, travel and conference destination. In this role, the 47-year-old has been working closely with SBB for many years, as SBB writes in a press release. He previously worked for Oracle Software Corporation Ltd. from 1994 to 1999, first as Sales Manager on the Executive Board for Switzerland and then as Sales and Marketing Director in the NCEE & CIS, MEA region.
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