Triple reinforcement for the Handelszeitung editorial team
The Handelszeitung is welcoming three new members to its editorial team: Peter Rohner from Finanz und Wirtschaft, Fabienne Kinzelmann from Blick, and Michael Hotz from 84XO.
41-year-old Peter Rohner joins the company from Finance and economy to Handelszeitung and will become the new Chief Economist in October. In this role, he takes over from Ralph Pöhner and will be responsible for macroeconomic topics as well as the financial sector and market developments. The trained economist started in 2011 as an editor at Finance and economyBefore moving into journalism, he worked in asset management at Bank LGT for four years. Born in Appenzell, he studied economics in Bern and Lund and holds a CAS in data journalism.
Fabienne Kinzelmann, currently foreign editor at View and SonntagsBlicktakes over her new tasks at the Handelszeitung in September and will be covering international developments in politics and business for the readership from now on. The 29-year-old has been working for the Blick Group since 2018, including the last four years as foreign editor. In this role, she reported from the USA, among other places, and was responsible for cross-channel planning of foreign topics. Kinzelmann has an interdisciplinary master's degree in religion, economics and politics.
Michael Hotz, most recently Head of Digital at the Winterthur weekly newspaper 84XO, is moving to the online producer Handelszeitung and will join the editorial team in July. Before his engagement at 84XO The 33-year-old spent around two and a half years as deputy editorial director for the Winterthur Newspaper and in the end also headed the editorial department of the Furttaler respectively Rümlanger. Hotz studied economics at the University of Zurich.
