Christoph Brand appointed as new Digital Head at Tamedia

Christoph Brand has broad experience in the telecommunications and information technology sectors, both at home and abroad. After studying economics at the University of Bern he joined Swisscom in 1995 and in 1998 assumed the management of the then largest Swiss Internet provider Bluewin, whose expansion he shaped significantly. In 2002 the now 42 year old Brand returned to Swisscom where he was last active in the role of Chief Strategy Officer and thus a member of the management board. In 2006 he became the head of the telecommunications firm Sunrise and implemented a successful growth strategy. In addition to his operational tasks he was also a member of the board of directors for companies such as Directories, Cinetrade, Swisscom Mobile and Micronas.

Tamedia Digital comprises all commercial online activities of the company such as the directory and service portal search.ch, the job platforms alpha.ch, jobup.ch and jobwinner.ch, the vehicle marketplace car4you.ch, the real estate portal homegate.ch, the small classifieds platform piazza.ch, as well as the dating site swissfriends and the company's interests in sites such as fashionfriends.ch, jobsuchmaschine.ch, olmero.ch, renovero.ch and zattoo.ch Under Christoph Brand's leadership, Tamedia's digital activities will further pursue their trajectory of robust expansion.

The board of directors and the management board of Tamedia wish Christoph Brand the greatest success in his new responsibilities.