Tamedia: Bernt Maulaz becomes Head of Marketing and Business Development

Since the beginning of January, the Tamedia media group's magazine publishing house in German-speaking Switzerland has been managed under a new structure. As announced, Walter Vontobel has taken over the management of the publishing house Magazines and Finance and Economy and in this function is also responsible for the advertising market. Annemarie Ita, previously Publishing Director Schweizer Familie, is now Head of Reader Market. Bernt Maulaz will take on the new role of Head of Marketing and Business Development at the beginning of June 2014.

Sascha Müller will continue to be responsible for advertising for Annabelle. Jean-Claude Plüss, previously Advertising Manager of Schweizer Familie, will also take over as Sales Manager for Das Magazin. Sabrina Wägli remains Advertising Manager Finance and Economy. Michel Mariani, previously Area Sales Manager for Das Magazin, is the new contact for agencies for all titles. Jasmin Koolen, previously Head of Internal Sales Magazines, will be responsible for internal sales for all titles.

Bernt Maulaz is currently Head of Marketing Advertising Market at the NZZ publishing houses. The 44-year-old has many years of experience in media marketing. He started his career at Publicitas. He was later responsible for e-commerce and business development at Tamedia's Winner classified platforms and was Head of Marketing and Sales at internet start-up Moneycab.com. From 2004 to the end of 2010, he was Head of Publishing at Migros Media at the Migros subsidiary Limmatdruck. Bernt Maulaz is a federally certified marketing planner and publishing specialist and successfully completed his postgraduate studies in "Leadership and Management" with a Master of Advanced Studies at the ZHAW in 2009.