Corporate

homegate.ch: Heinz M. Schwyter switches to the Board of Directors

Zurich, 8 April 2015 – Heinz M. Schwyter is leaving the management board of homegate.ch at his own request and switching to the Board of Directors at the beginning of July 2015.
 

After six years as CEO, Heinz M. Schwyter wants to contribute his almost 20 years of experience in e-business into new projects and support young Internet companies. He will also continue to assist the development of the leading real estate portal as a member of the Board of Directors of homegate.ch and retain his seat on the Board of Directors of the Homegate subsidiary ImmoStreet until its complete takeover during the course of 2016.
 

Heinz M. Schwyter worked in various capacities for homegate.ch starting from 2000 before he became CEO at the beginning of 2010. Heinz M. Schwyter was instrumental in the successful development of homegate.ch in becoming the leading Swiss real estate portal, and he expanded its offer continually: homegate.ch has offered mortgages online in cooperation with the Zurich Cantonal Bank since June 2013. In September 2014, the real estate portal launched the app «Handover», which supports individuals and SMEs in the handover of residences.
 

We will inform shortly about the successor to Heinz M. Schwyter.
 

The management of Tamedia would like to thank Heinz M. Schwyter for his successful and dedicated work and wish him all the best for the future.

Additional information is available from:
Eliane Loum, Project Director of Corporate Communications Tamedia
Phone: +41 (0)44 248 41 34; email: [email protected]