AZ Medien: Peter Hartmeier becomes Chairman of the Publishing Committee
AZ Medien has appointed Peter Hartmeier as chairman of the editorial committee. In this role, he will succeed Hans Fahrländer effective October 1, 2015.
Publicist and communications consultant Peter Hartmeier (63) was elected as a member of AZ Medien's Journalism Committee (PA) in 2013. On October 1, 2015, Peter Hartmeier will take over as Chairman of the PA. In his new role, he will take over from Hans Fahrländer, who will remain a member of the PA. Hans Fahrländer will retire as author of "az Nordwestschweiz" at the end of September, but will continue to write regularly as a commentator and columnist.
As co-owner and partner of Lemongrass Communications AG in Zurich, Peter Hartmeier advises companies and individuals, gives lectures on political and economic topics and moderates symposia. From 2010 to 2013, he was Head of Communications at UBS Switzerland. Before that, he worked for seven years as editor-in-chief of the Tages-Anzeiger; he also worked for Tamedia as head of communications and as publisher of the Thurgauer Zeitung. He began his career as a journalist at the Badener Tagblatt, then moved to Weltwoche and became co-editor-in-chief of Bilanz. He was also Managing Director of the Swiss Media Publishers Association for five years.
"I would like to thank Hans Fahrländer for his prudent and wise leadership of the Journalism Committee. I wish Peter Hartmeier a successful return to AZ Medien." Peter Wanner, Publisher AZ Medien
The PA will be formed as follows from 01.10.2015: Peter Hartmeier, publicist and communications consultant (Chairman); Hans Fahrländer, columnist for AZ Nordwestschweiz and Schweiz am Sonntag; Esther Girsberger, journalist, author and lawyer; Dr. Ludwig Hasler, author, lecturer and publicist; Christian Wanner, former Solothurn Finance Director; Peter Wanner, publisher and Chairman of the Board of Directors of AZ Medien, Axel Wüstmann, CEO of AZ Medien.
