SRG "Super Director": Tibère Adler is the favorite
There is a front-runner to succeed SRG Director General Armin Walpen: Edipresse CEO Tibère Adler.
He is the most promising candidate on a list of the election committee of the SRG Board of Directors. According to the Sonntagszeitung, this was reported by people familiar with the process. FDP National Councillor and media entrepreneur Filippo Leutenegger and former Federal Councillor and ex-Novartis manager Ruth Metzler are also being considered as candidates. Walpen himself would apparently like to be succeeded by Gilles Marchand, head of SRG's French-language programs.
Jürg Wittwer, head of Elvia Versicherung, is no longer in the running. He was supported by a group of right-wing politicians led by Aargau SVP National Councillor Ulrich Giezendanner. He regrets that his candidacy was not considered, he told the Sonntagszeitung newspaper.
Jürg Wittwer, head of Elvia Versicherung, is no longer in the running. He was supported by a group of right-wing politicians led by Aargau SVP National Councillor Ulrich Giezendanner. He regrets that his candidacy was not considered, he told the Sonntagszeitung newspaper.
