AZ Medien: New Head of Magazine Publishing, New Head of Advertising Market Magazines

Maike Juchler will take over as Head of Magazine Publishing at AZ Medien on September 1, 2016, and in this role will report directly to Roland Kühne, Managing Director Media Switzerland and member of the Executive Board. AZ Zeitschriftenverlag includes special-interest titles such as Wir Eltern, Kochen, Fit for Life, and Natürlich, as well as various trade magazines.

Maike Juchler was previously Deputy Publishing Director Business Media and a member of the Extended Executive Board of Ringier Axel Springer Switzerland. Her responsibilities include managing the business titles Bilanz, Bilanz Homes, ICON, Handelszeitung, Schweizer Versicherung, Schweizer Bank, PME-Magazine and the associated websites. Previously, she was managing director of Weltwoche at Weltwoche Verlag and managing director of m&m Mediaagentur. From 1997 to 2001, Juchler was also responsible for the magazine Wir Eltern as product manager and, most recently, as publishing director at Vogt-Schild/Habegger Medien, Zurich.

Ratna Irzan has been Head of Magazines AZ Medien since March 2010 and will leave the company at her own request on August 31, 2016.

As part of the process of filling key positions, the sales management teams for trade magazines and special interest magazines will be merged to form the newly created function of Head of Advertising Market Magazines. Jean-Orphée Reuter will take on the new role on August 1, 2016, and will thus in future complement the management team under the leadership of Maike Juchler, together with the Head of Reader Market, Christine Ziegler, the Head of Production, Renate Gadola, and the Editors-in-Chief. Jean-Orphée Reuter has been with AZ Medien for six years, previously as advertising manager of Wir Eltern and team leader of the special interest titles.