Corporate Governance
& Group Structure

Dr Pietro Supino (CH/I/1965) was elected to the Board of Directors in 1991 and took on the position of Publisher and Chairman in 2007. As such, he manages the holding company and is Chairman of the Boards of Directors of the three Group companies Goldbach, 20 Minuten and Tamedia. In addition, he is a member of various bodies of companies belonging to the Group or in which the Group holds an interest (namely the Boards of Directors of JobCloud Ltd and SMG Swiss Marketplace Group Ltd). Beyond the Group, he is honorary President of the Swiss Media Association and is also a member of the Board of Directors at the Italian media firm Gruppo Editoriale (GEDI), which publishes the daily newspapers La Repubblica, La Stampa and Il Secolo XIX. Pietro Supino completed his studies in law and economics with a doctorate from the University of St. Gallen. He also gained a Master’s from the London School of Economics and Political Science and was admitted to the Zurich bar. He attended the Columbia School of Journalism in New York, which prepared him well for his future as a publisher. He is currently a member of the Board of Visitors. Pietro Supino is a member of the founding family, which is linked by a shareholders’ agreement and jointly holds a majority stake in TX Group.

Martin Kall (CH/D/1961) has been a member of the Board of Directors since April 2013 and its Vice Chairman and Lead Director since 2020 as well as Chairman of the Compensation Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Directors at Goldbach and 20 Minuten. Beyond TX Group, he is on the Board of Directors at Prevanto AG, which specialises in pensions services. From April 2002 until December 2012, Martin Kall was CEO of TX Group. Before working for TX Group, Martin Kall was a member of Ringier AG Group Management, where he headed up both the European Publishing division and the Swiss Magazines division. Prior to that, he was with Bertelsmann Group, finishing as CEO of Bertelsmann Fachinformation GmbH in Munich. In 1989, he earned an MBA from Harvard Business School. He completed his studies in history and economics at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau and at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1987 with a degree in economics.

Claudia Coninx-Kaczynski (CH/1973) is a member of the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee since April 2023. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of Forbo Holding AG since April 2014. She is additionally a member of the boards of directors of Swisscontent AG and Awina AG, as well as other boards of foundations and committees. From 2006 to 2011, she managed the business of Färbi Immobilien AG (later Rietpark Immobilien AG) in Zurich. She thereafter executed various projects for P.A. Media AG and Swisscontent AG in Zurich until 2014, including in the area of M&A. Claudia Coninx-Kaczynski is a member of the founding family of TX Group AG. She was already a member of the Board of Directors of TX Group AG (formerly Tamedia AG) from 2013 to 2016. She studied law (lic. iur.) at the University of Zurich and holds a Master of Law (LL.M.) from the London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE).

Dr Stephanie Caspar (D/1973) has been a member of the Board of Directors since April 2023 and she is also a member of the Audit Committee. She is a partner in the private equity firm Summa Equity, where she is responsible for the global portfolio. She has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Tonies as well as Galileo Global Education since 2022. From 2013 to 2022, Stephanie Caspar worked at Axel Springer SE. In 2018, she was appointed to the Executive Board of Axel Springer SE, first leading the Technology and Data division, later the national media business and most recently the digital marketplace and classifieds division. Caspar began her career at McKinsey & Company.  This was followed by management positions at Ebay and Immobilienscout24, before she established the online shop Mirapodo for the Otto Group as founder and managing director. Stephanie Caspar holds a doctorate in business administration.

Pascale Bruderer (CH/1977) has been a member of the Board of Directors since April 2020. She is also a member of the Compensation Committee and the board of directors at various Tamedia companies. Beyond TX Group, she is on the Board of Directors at Orell Füssli, which is a pioneer in the fields of security, education and digital credentials. She is a partner and executive member of the Board of Directors of the IT start-up Crossiety, and also holds directorships at BernExpo AG and the Galenica Group. She is an honorary Member of the Board of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. A political scientist with a Master’s degree from the University of Zurich, she looks back on a long political career as a former Member of the National Council, President of the National Council and Member of the Council of States, which she ended in 2019 in favour of a move into business.

Konstantin Richter (D/1971) has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2004. He is also a member of the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors at Goldbach and is on the board of directors at various Tamedia companies. He began his professional career in 1997 as an assistant editor at the media trade magazine Columbia Journalism Review in New York. He was a reporter for the Wall Street Journal in Brussels from 1999 to 2001, and from 2004 to 2005 was the Co-Managing Director of the Rogner & Bernhard publishing company in Hamburg and Berlin. He is currently publisher of the New Zealand magazine North & South and works and lives as a freelance author and journalist in Auckland and Berlin. He is the author of the novels “Bettermann” (2007), “Kafka war jung und brauchte das Geld” (2011) and “Die Kanzlerin – Eine Fiktion” (2017). He is a regular contributor to Die Zeit and Die Welt and is also a contributing writer for the US news portal Politico. He was awarded the German Reporter Prize in 2011 for an article in Die Zeit. Konstantin Richter has a BA in English Literature and Philosophy from Edinburgh University and a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. Konstantin Richter is a member of the founding family, which is linked by a shareholders’ agreement and jointly holds a majority stake in TX Group.

Sverre Munck (N/1953) has been a member of the Board of Directors since April 2018. He is also Chairman of the Audit Committee and on the board of directors at various Tamedia companies. Sverre Munck is an investor and professional director too – including, for example, in his role as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Oslo Science Park. He was Head of Corporate Strategy and Corporate Development at Schibsted ASA and headed up the International Editorial division until September 2013. He joined the business as Chief Financial Officer in 1994 and became Executive Vice President of the Multimedia division in 1998. Sverre Munck studied economics at Yale University and received his PhD from Stanford University in 1983. After completing his studies, he worked as an advisor to the Norwegian Ministry of Finance and at McKinsey & Company Inc. from 1984 to 1987. He later joined the Management Board at Loki AS.