SRG: Is Walpen now also leaving?
Following Ingrid Deltenre's resignation as director of SF, discussions are now also underway regarding the future of SRG Director General Armin Walpen. He, along with his deputy Daniel Eckmann, will step down in 2010.
Following the resignation of SF Director Ingrid Deltenre, the future of SRG Director General Armin Walpen is now also being discussed. The latter, as well as his deputy Daniel Eckmann, will step down in 2010, writes the Sonntag newspaper. The Board of Directors may decide on the future of SRG's top management as early as June 22, 2009. According to an article in the Sonntagszeitung, Gilles Marchand, head of French-speaking Swiss television, is being discussed as an internal candidate. The current DRS editor-in-chief Rudolf Matter is also being considered as a possible radio and TV director. However, these two candidates may not convince the Board of Directors. The favorites are Axpo boss Heinz Karrer and ex-Swisscom boss Jens Alder. However, the SRG offer is unlikely to be lucrative enough for either of them.
