Succession planning: New Chairman of the Board of Directors at Continuum AG
Hanspeter Thür, long-time Regional Director of UBS Eastern Switzerland, is the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of Continuum AG in St.Gallen. He replaces Rolf Brunner, who has held this position for around three years and remains a member of the Board of Directors. Continuum, which itself acts as a consultant in succession processes and corporate development, has thus taken a first step towards its own succession planning.
Continuum AG celebrates its 20th anniversary just this year. Originally founded in Zurich, the company expanded to St.Gallen when Rolf Brunner joined as managing partner. In the meantime, St.Gallen has become the main location and nine partners and employees belong to the company. With the change in the chairmanship of the board of directors, the company is initiating the regulation of succession, with Rolf Brunner relinquishing one of his functions. He remains - alongside Dr. Stefan Schneider and Yannick Brunner - a member of the Board of Directors and partner at the St.Gallen location.
Rolf Brunner is pleased about the reinforcement in the Board of Directors: "The election of Hanspeter Thür as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors is a first step in the targeted succession planning within the company. In addition, he ideally complements the strategic thinking at Continuum." Hanspeter Thür, for his part, emphasizes: "Securing the future is something we do not only for our customers in the context of succession planning, but also at Continuum itself. I am pleased to be able to contribute to this as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors."
Hanspeter Thür was Head of Private Clients at UBS Region Eastern Switzerland from 2015 to 2021 and since 2017 Regional Director responsible for the market presence of UBS in Eastern Switzerland (450 employees), cross-segment business and client development, risk management and human resources development. Since 2015, he has also been a member of the University Council of OST - Ostschweizer Fachhochschule (University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland), and since 2022, a member of the Board of Directors of dhp technology AG in Zizers.
Source: Continuum AG
