Hans Jürg Domenig becomes the new President of the CHDU

The "handover of the baton" took place at the General Assembly on August 29, 2024. After more than two and a half years of intensive commitment and development work for the CHDU, Giacomo Garaventa handed over his office to an experienced successor expert and fellow board member, thus arranging his succession as association president.

"I will be highly motivated to work for the interests of our association members and the further development of SME company succession in Switzerland. I am fortunate to be part of a board that shares my passion for SME succession and has a wealth of specialist knowledge. I am looking forward to the challenges ahead, many exciting projects and, above all, to achieving sustainable progress in favor of succession through and with our association," said Hans Jürg Domenig on taking office as the new CHDU President.

He is particularly keen to anchor company succession as a fixed economic and social factor on Switzerland's political agenda. "We therefore expressly welcome the initiative by Central National Councillor Dominik Blunschy (SZ) at the beginning of June this year, which calls on the Federal Council to remove barriers to successful company succession, and are committed to ensuring that the next steps follow," he added.

Hans Jürg Domenig is one of the founding members of the association and, as a board member responsible for "Practice & Teaching", has dedicated himself to the development and expansion of further training courses for succession consultants. He has been active in succession planning for SMEs since 1997 with his company Ansatz AG Firmen-Nachfolge-Verkauf. Thanks to his extensive network, he has initiated collaborations for the CHDU association with Sales Swiss, Nosuf and the Smallholders' Association. Domenig is the "driving force" behind the recruitment of other industry and professional associations under the umbrella of the CHDU in order to jointly promote company succession.

Source: www.chdu.ch