Radio-SRF deputy editor-in-chief new spokeswoman for Basel-based CMS Foundation
Elisabeth Pestalozzi, currently deputy editor-in-chief at Radio SRF, will head communications at the Basel-based Christoph Merian Foundation (CMS). The 48-year-old Germanist and ethnologist will take up her new position in the second quarter, the CMS announced on Thursday.
Basel-based Pestalozzi replaces Toni Schürmann, who left CMS in September, as senior CMS spokesperson. Pestalozzi started at Radio SRF in 1996 at the Basel regional journal and later worked as domestic editor and head of discussion at the "Samstagsrundschau", editorial director of the "Rendez-vous" program and Federal Parliament editor before becoming deputy editor-in-chief in 2016.
In 1857, Christoph Merian stipulated in his will that the income from his endowed assets should be used for the benefit of Basel. The Basel civic community can use 45% of around CHF 12 million per year (as of 2015) for social purposes. CMS uses the same amount for municipal tasks with the blessing of the cantonal government.
In addition to social policy, CMS is also an important factor in Basel's spatial planning: it not only owns the entire large Dreispitz site with commercial, cultural and educational institutions, for example, but also around 500 apartments, 250 retirement apartments and 100 single-family homes. (SDA)
