BDO Switzerland bundles management services and appoints Christoph Scholl as COO
As of January 1, 2025, BDO has merged its strategic management services under the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. Christoph Scholl, former CIO, Head of Strategic Management Services and Partner at BDO Switzerland, will assume this position.
The new COO of BDO Switzerland, Christoph Scholl, has been with BDO for over 20 years and will be responsible for IT, Information and Data Security, Project Management, People & Culture, Marketing & Business Development and Real Estate Management. With the newly created position of COO, BDO is bundling its management services under one management and thus strengthening cooperation between the divisions.
"Christoph Scholl combines many years of entrepreneurial know-how and proven management experience with a practical eye for efficiency and progress. He has not only made a significant contribution to his area of responsibility, but also to the strategy process and will play a key role in driving forward the further development of Management Services. I look forward to continuing our collaboration," says CEO Thomas Studhalter.
40-year-old Christoph Scholl began his professional career in 2000 as an IT trainee at BDO in Solothurn and worked as a project manager and team leader for client IT until 2013, before being promoted to CIO in 2013. In 2023, he also took over as Head of People & Culture and Marketing & Business Development. Looking ahead to his new role, he says: "I am looking forward to working with my team to interlink the internal structures more closely and jointly develop solutions that will benefit our employees, the company and, last but not least, external stakeholders."
Christoph Scholl has held an Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen since 2018, is active in politics and voluntary work in his home community of Selzach, is married and the father of three children. The appointment of Christoph Scholl as COO marks an important step in the transformation of the company's management. In his new role, he will continue to report to CEO Thomas Studhalter and will also join the Executive Board of BDO Switzerland.
Source: www.bdo.ch
