SDA: New structure at directorate level
The Swiss News Agency is expanding its executive team. In addition to current Chairman Markus Schwab and Editor-in-Chief Bernard Maissen, the executive board now also includes Marc-Henri Jobin, Head of Finance, Technology, and Human Resources, as well as Marketing Director Hardy Jäggi.
The Swiss News Agency (SDA) is adapting its structures at Group Management level. The Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer, Markus Schwab, will now be responsible for strategic issues at Group level. Editor-in-chief Bernard Maissen will be responsible for the Group's content. The 48-year-old is still a member of the Executive Board of the SDA parent company.
At the same time, the management level of the parent company is being expanded. The newly created extended management team includes Head of Marketing Hardy Jäggi and Marc-Henri Jobin. The 49-year-old Jobin, previously head of the French-language editorial team and deputy editor-in-chief, is relinquishing these functions. He will now head the Finance, Technology and Human Resources departments. Jäggi and Jobin will report directly to the two-member Executive Board. Peter Müller, responsible for special mandates, will remain a member of the SDA Executive Board until his retirement in March 2010.
The changes are being made against the backdrop of a new strategy and the changing market environment, as the agency announced on Sunday. The SDA Group consists of the SDA news agency and various subsidiaries. These include Sportinformation (Si), AG für Wirtschaftspublikationen (AWP), the Keystone picture agency and the original text provider news aktuell (Switzerland).
At the same time, the management level of the parent company is being expanded. The newly created extended management team includes Head of Marketing Hardy Jäggi and Marc-Henri Jobin. The 49-year-old Jobin, previously head of the French-language editorial team and deputy editor-in-chief, is relinquishing these functions. He will now head the Finance, Technology and Human Resources departments. Jäggi and Jobin will report directly to the two-member Executive Board. Peter Müller, responsible for special mandates, will remain a member of the SDA Executive Board until his retirement in March 2010.
The changes are being made against the backdrop of a new strategy and the changing market environment, as the agency announced on Sunday. The SDA Group consists of the SDA news agency and various subsidiaries. These include Sportinformation (Si), AG für Wirtschaftspublikationen (AWP), the Keystone picture agency and the original text provider news aktuell (Switzerland).
