New managing director of Good News Productions
Gérard Jenni is to become the new Managing Director of Good News Productions. He will take up his new position within the next six months.
Jenni takes over from Thomas Kastl. Kastl has decided to leave the company at his own request and take on a new challenge, as detailed in a Ringier press release. He took over the management of the concert and event organizer on March 1, 2010. In the interim, Good News will be managed by Giuseppe D'Angeli, currently Head of Finance at Good News Productions, until Gérard Jenni takes up his position.
Gérard Jenni was previously Managing Director of the Andermatt Alpine Destination Company. has extensive experience in the management and leadership of larger projects and companies, Ringier added. Jenni was Director of Zurich's Hallenstadion until the end of 2007 and played a key role in the planning, design and construction of the new Hallenstadion.
André Béchir, who took over Good News in 1972 and sold it on in 2000 and now works as a senior advisor and link to artists and agents in the company, will remain in the same position at Good News. He is responsible for purchasing the show acts and organizing the Moon and Stars Open Air.
Good News Productions has been 52 percent owned by Deutsche Entertainment DEAG since 2000 and is 48 percent owned by the Ringier media company. It organizes around 100 events with a total of around 800,000 visitors per year, currently employs 27 staff and generated sales of around CHF 50 million in 2010.
