Head of the week: "Continuity is guaranteed and the association is open for new things".
Eva Keller is the first woman to head the Swiss Press Association in its more than 100-year history
Eva Keller is the first woman to head the Swiss Press Association in its more than 100-year historyHead of the week "Continuity is guaranteed and the association is open to new ideas" /
Nothing is actually new for Eva Keller at the Swiss Press Association. And it won't be any different when she takes over as CEO in July, the first woman to do so in the association's 100-year history. Keller has been working for the association since mid-1996, exactly the same length of time as her predecessor Peter Hartmeier.
As his deputy and as Head of Publishing Marketing, she has played a major role in shaping the association's work and is familiar with all dossiers. Either because she was in charge of them herself or because she was involved in all of them. However, the fate of such work behind the scenes is naturally that it is less visible to the outside world. But the accomplished publishing expert knows all the ins and outs of her profession. Eva Keller is not only the first woman to head the media association, she was also the first woman in Switzerland to graduate from the Sawi course for publishing specialists in 1988.
However, her career in the media industry began much earlier: While still at secondary school, she completed a traineeship at the then Badener Tagblatt. After spending time abroad, she was taken on permanently by the publishing house Wanner and remained there for the next twelve years. Her positions included personal assistant to Peter Wanner, deputy publishing director of the Badener Tagblatt and managing director of the Limmattaler Tagblatt from 1990 to 1992. Then it was off to Bilanz. First as publishing director and later as managing director, where she worked closely with Peter Hartmeier, the then publisher of the business magazine, for the first time.
However, despite her broad experience and network of contacts in the media sector, it will not be easy for the dynamic woman to build on the legacy of her predecessor: Hartmeier's winning manner, his outstanding communication skills and his contacts in political circles. "He has completely different strengths to me, that's clear," says Keller, but reassures: "The continuity of the association's work is guaranteed." And the association is also open to new ideas.
The single woman lives in an idyllic farmhouse in Remetschwil, a village of 2000 people in the canton of Aargau. Including horse, sheep, chickens and cat. But she doesn't have to look after them herself, they are taken care of. She only lends a hand as much as her time-consuming job allows. Above all, she enjoys entertaining friends in her home and wandering through the woods and meadows: She recharges her batteries by riding, walking and biking, or leaves everything behind her on open-air trips in her convertible. Daniel Schifferle
Nothing is actually new for Eva Keller at the Swiss Press Association. And it won't be any different when she takes over as CEO in July, the first woman to do so in the association's 100-year history. Keller has been working for the association since mid-1996, exactly the same length of time as her predecessor Peter Hartmeier.
As his deputy and as Head of Publishing Marketing, she has played a major role in shaping the association's work and is familiar with all dossiers. Either because she was in charge of them herself or because she was involved in all of them. However, the fate of such work behind the scenes is naturally that it is less visible to the outside world. But the accomplished publishing expert knows all the ins and outs of her profession. Eva Keller is not only the first woman to head the media association, she was also the first woman in Switzerland to graduate from the Sawi course for publishing specialists in 1988.
However, her career in the media industry began much earlier: While still at secondary school, she completed a traineeship at the then Badener Tagblatt. After spending time abroad, she was taken on permanently by the publishing house Wanner and remained there for the next twelve years. Her positions included personal assistant to Peter Wanner, deputy publishing director of the Badener Tagblatt and managing director of the Limmattaler Tagblatt from 1990 to 1992. Then it was off to Bilanz. First as publishing director and later as managing director, where she worked closely with Peter Hartmeier, the then publisher of the business magazine, for the first time.
However, despite her broad experience and network of contacts in the media sector, it will not be easy for the dynamic woman to build on the legacy of her predecessor: Hartmeier's winning manner, his outstanding communication skills and his contacts in political circles. "He has completely different strengths to me, that's clear," says Keller, but reassures: "The continuity of the association's work is guaranteed." And the association is also open to new ideas.
The single woman lives in an idyllic farmhouse in Remetschwil, a village of 2000 people in the canton of Aargau. Including horse, sheep, chickens and cat. But she doesn't have to look after them herself, they are taken care of. She only lends a hand as much as her time-consuming job allows. Above all, she enjoys entertaining friends in her home and wandering through the woods and meadows: She recharges her batteries by riding, walking and biking, or leaves everything behind her on open-air trips in her convertible. Daniel Schifferle
