Matthias Luchsinger becomes Managing Director of Condor Films

Former Cinecom CEO Matthias Luchsinger will take over the management of the film production company Condor Films on March 8, 2008. He will succeed Kristian Widmer, who is co-owner of the company and has managed the business for five years. Widmer will be delegate of the board of directors in future. He intends to devote more time to feature film production. Condor Films announced a new strategy in October and intends to focus more on feature films. The new management organization takes account of this strategy and thus the "potential but also the risk of increased involvement in the feature film sector", according to a press release. The FaroTV division will also be managed directly by Matthias Luchsinger from March. FaroTV was previously the responsibility of Thomas Sterchi, Chairman of the Board of Directors and co-owner of Condor Films.
Luchsinger has worked at Cinecom for the last 14 years, from 1996 as CEO and until 2004 as co-owner. Due to the change of ownership and the associated restructuring at Publigroupe, he has decided to seek a new challenge, according to the press release.