Carsten Schloter is the new head of Swisscom
Jens Alder is stepping down as CEO of Swisscom effective immediately at his own request, the company announced.
Jens Alder is stepping down at his own request as
CEO of Swisscom with immediate effect, as the company announced. He
thus draw the personal consequences of the Federal Council's
change in international expansion plans. In the middle of
the negotiations on a purchase of the Irish telecommunications company
Eircom, he was called back by the Federal Council at the end of November. "I have
no desire to change jobs," the 48-year-old had admitted in the
December in interviews with the Sunday press. On the other hand
He described the Federal Council's decision as a "bad
vote of no confidence" and complained that after the intervention of the
Federal Council in the expansion plans on the capital market implausible
stand. In April 1998, Alder became a member of the Group Executive Board of
Swisscom and took over the management of the company on December 16, 1999.
As Jens Alder's successor, the Board of Directors appointed Carsten
Schloter, previously CEO of Swisscom Mobile and member of the
Group Management. The business economist and information technician
Before joining Swisscom in 2000, he worked for Mercedes and
Debitel in France and Germany. Under his leadership, the
Swisscom Mobile has increased the number of customers to almost four million, as
it says in the communiqué.
According to expert forecasts, the importance of the media industry will
of mobile media is constantly increasing (see Werbewoche 45/05). With the
Mobile manager Schloter, there is now a man at the helm.
top, which will hopefully be able to do justice to these developments.
CEO of Swisscom with immediate effect, as the company announced. He
thus draw the personal consequences of the Federal Council's
change in international expansion plans. In the middle of
the negotiations on a purchase of the Irish telecommunications company
Eircom, he was called back by the Federal Council at the end of November. "I have
no desire to change jobs," the 48-year-old had admitted in the
December in interviews with the Sunday press. On the other hand
He described the Federal Council's decision as a "bad
vote of no confidence" and complained that after the intervention of the
Federal Council in the expansion plans on the capital market implausible
stand. In April 1998, Alder became a member of the Group Executive Board of
Swisscom and took over the management of the company on December 16, 1999.
As Jens Alder's successor, the Board of Directors appointed Carsten
Schloter, previously CEO of Swisscom Mobile and member of the
Group Management. The business economist and information technician
Before joining Swisscom in 2000, he worked for Mercedes and
Debitel in France and Germany. Under his leadership, the
Swisscom Mobile has increased the number of customers to almost four million, as
it says in the communiqué.
According to expert forecasts, the importance of the media industry will
of mobile media is constantly increasing (see Werbewoche 45/05). With the
Mobile manager Schloter, there is now a man at the helm.
top, which will hopefully be able to do justice to these developments.
