digitalswitzerland elects six new board members
Six new members were elected to the digitalswitzerland board at its general meeting. With Sascha Zahnd, who was appointed president a year ago, the digitalswitzerland board now comprises 23 members.
At the General Assembly of digitalswitzerland, six new board members were elected: Philomena Colatrella (CEO CSS) Anna Takihara (Google) & Jill Kümin (Google) in job-sharing tandem, Rainer Baumann (COO Migros Genossenschafts Bund), Adrian Müller (Swico) and Sabine Magri (COO UBS Switzerland). With Sascha Zahnd, who was appointed president a year ago, the digitalswitzerland board comprises 23 members. The candidates proposed for election by a six-member nomination committee received a unanimous vote at the AGM. This change is due to the resignation of six board members. "I sincerely thank the retiring members for their great commitment. With the new board members, the transversal knowledge of our board is ideally completed and it is gratifying that we were able to pay attention to diversity in the nomination process," emphasizes Sascha Zahnd, President digitalswitzerland. Sascha Zahnd (President), Yvonne Bettkober, Nicole Burth, Marcel Dobler, Thomas Flatt, Ivo Furrer, Peter Grütter, Catrin Hinkel, René Hüsler, Marco Huwiler, Gabriela Keller, Christian Keller, Cédric Moret, Christophe Nicolas, Marcel Stalder, Marc Walder, Anja Wyden Guelpa were re-elected for another one-year term. Since the founding of the Switzerland-wide, cross-industry initiative in 2015, more than 240 association members and politically neutral foundation partners now support Switzerland on its way to becoming a leading digital innovation location.
The year 2022 marks an important stage of strategy refinement and realignment for digitalswitzerland, according to the statement. The appointment of new Managing Director Stefan Metzger in January 2022 underscores the transition to a stronger impact orientation with six focus activities, the association adds. The further development of the strategy, known as Strategy 2025, defines the key success factors that should distinguish a digital nation. digitalswitzerland's priorities for 2022 focus on the impact areas of education, cybersecurity, e-health, e-sustainability, strengthening regions and SMEs, and finally cloud availability and infrastructure. "Times of change create new opportunities. I look forward to the next 12 months with enthusiasm and optimism. As a team and as a nation, we have overcome many challenges recently. The lingering effects of the Covid 19 pandemic and rapid digitization have created a new normal that is shaping the way we live. Our strategy welcomes ambiguity and turns it to our advantage. It allows flexibility and freedom of design without losing focus on our areas of impact," says Stefan Metzger, Managing Director digitalswitzerland.
