Ursula Gabathuler new Head of Consumer Editing
The consumer affairs editorial team at Swiss Radio and Television is getting a new leader: Ursula Gabathuler will succeed Wolfgang Wettstein as the head of the «Kassensturz» and «Espresso» programs. Wettstein will step down as editorial director at the end of March 2016.
Ursula Gabathuler, 46, studied zoology at the University of Zurich and the University of Cape Town. She also studied Communication Management and Leadership at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Winterthur. Before joining Swiss Television, Ursula Gabathuler was head of the consumer and health department at the magazine "Beobachter".
She began her career at SRF in 2007 as an editor at "Kassensturz", and from 2012 she was a producer at the consumer magazine show, where she was also jointly responsible for setting the topics, content and construction of the program. She moved to "Rundschau" in the same role in 2014. From April 1, 2016, Ursula Gabathuler will take over as head of the Kassensturz/Espresso consumer editorial team.
Ursula Gabathuler will succeed Wolfgang Wettstein. According to the press release, he has decided to take some time out and pursue a new career direction. He is handing over the editorial management of the Konsum editorial team at his own request at the end of March 2016.
