Viscom with new director

Thomas Gsponer is the new Director of the Swiss Association for Visual Communication Viscom. Gsponer was elected by the association's central board on August 30, 2006 and succeeds Hans-Ulrich Bigler, who was appointed the new director of Swissmem (service center for the mechanical, electrical and metal industries) in May. Gsponer was head of economic development in Upper Valais, worked as association secretary and has been director of the Valais Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the umbrella organization of the Valais economy, since 1991. He is a member of numerous cantonal economic and expert commissions and was also a member of the cantonal legislature for eight years, serving as parliamentary group president and president of important parliamentary commissions. With around 900 member companies, Viscom is the leading employers' and entrepreneurs' association in the visual communication sector.