AZ Medien: Ratna Irzan becomes new Head of Magazine Publishing

The Swiss national with Indonesian roots studied agronomy at ETH Zurich and has many years of experience in senior positions in the publishing industry with a focus on publishing management and management, as detailed in a press release on Thursday. She has been Publishing Director of the Health Unit (Gesundheit Sprechstunde) at Ringier since 2008. She was previously head of magazine publishing at Edition Plus Sàrl, Zurich, which publishes the French-speaking Swiss consumer magazine "Bon à Savoir" and the financial title "Tout Compte Fait". In 2000 and 2001, she was Publishing Director and Head of Marketing, Printing and Sales at KI Konsumenteninfo AG, publisher of "KTipp", "KSpezial", "KGeld" and "PulsTipp". As a partner and managing director of Specter GmbH, Zurich, she gained experience in setting up and managing a company from 1992 to 2000. The company, which specialized in digital publishing and prepress services, was sold to Ringier Print Zofingen AG in December 2000. Prior to this, Ratna Irzan was responsible for advertising, PR, direct marketing and trade fairs at Tegum AG in Zurich.
At AZ Medien's magazine publishing house, she will be responsible for the publishing activities of the special interest magazines Kochen, natürlich leben, Fit for Life and Wiir Eltern as well as the trade magazines Technica, Bâtitech, Megalink, Elektrotechnik ET, HK-Gebäudetechnik, CHemie plus, Chemische Rundschau and Swiss Plastics and will report directly to Dietrich Berg, Managing Director of Anzeiger, Zeitschriften, Bücher.