Myret Zaki becomes the new Editor-in-Chief of Bilan
Myret Zaki is to become editor-in-chief of Bilan. The current deputy editor-in-chief will take over the management of the French-speaking Swiss business magazine on November 1, 2014 from Stéphane Benoit-Godet, who is moving to Le Temps.
According to the press release, Myret Zaki has a solid track record in management. As editor-in-chief of Bilan since 2010, she has worked in particular on repositioning the magazine and expanding its digital offering. Myret Zaki's tasks as editor-in-chief will include ensuring continuity in Bilan's reporting, developing new editorial print and digital content and further developing the events organized by Bilan, including "Les 300 plus riches de Suisse" and "Soirée Femmes Leaders".
After completing her bachelor's degree in political science at the American University in Cairo and an MBA at the Business School of Lausanne in 1998, Myret Zaki worked for four years as a financial analyst in a private bank. In 2001, she joined the business editorial team of the daily newspaper Le Temps, where she was responsible for the financial pages and supplements. In January 2010, she was appointed deputy editor-in-chief of the business magazine Bilan. Myret Zaki is the author of three non-fiction books dedicated to the financial sector. The book "UBS am Rande des Abgrunds" was published in 2008, "Das Bankgeheimnis ist tot - Es lebe die Steuerflucht" in 2010 and "Dollar-Dämmerung", the translation of the 2011 French original "La fin du dollar", was published in 2012. In 2008, Myret Zaki was awarded the Swiss Journalist journalism prize for French-speaking Switzerland.
Myret Zaki will be supported in the editorial management by the two new deputy editors-in-chief Dino Auciello, who is currently responsible for the online offering Balance.ch and Serge Guertchakoff. Cristina d'Agostino, the journalist responsible for the special issue Luxus-Bilan, completes the trio of deputy editors-in-chief.
Photo: Bilan.ch
