Helvetica completes management change earlier
Peter E. Bodmer becomes the new Chairman of the Board of Directors and Hans R. Holdener steps down as CEO sooner than initially planned.
Helvetica Property Investors AG is making a management change at the beginning of the second quarter, somewhat earlier than originally planned. Peter E. Bodmer becomes the new Chairman of the Board of Directors and Marc Giraudon assumes the role of sole CEO as of April 2.
Giraudon's takeover of the CEO position had actually been announced for July 1. "The transition phase to take over the management from founder and former co-CEO Hans R. Holdener was very efficient and enabled a faster handover of operational responsibility to Marc Giraudon," said Helevetica in a statement, explaining the changed timetable. Holdener will relinquish his executive and operational functions at Helvetica after seventeen years, but will continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the holding company Helvetica Property Group AG.
After a decade as Chairman of the Board of Directors, Hans Ueli Keller will become Vice Chairman. This change will take effect at the beginning of May 2024, after the Annual General Meeting. Bodmer, his successor at the head of the Board, has held senior positions in the mechanical engineering, real estate and construction industries for more than 25 years. (aw)
