New appointments to the Newhome Board of Directors
Newhome.ch AG, operator of the real estate portal of the same name, has restructured its Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting.
Jan Werkmann, a member of the Executive Board at Dutch real estate portal Funda from 2011 to 2019, was confirmed as Chairman of the Board of Directors. In addition, the following members now belong to the Board of Directors of Newhome: Stefan Studer, Member of the Executive Board of Luzerner Kantonalbank, Dr. Christian Schmid, CEO of St. Galler Kantonalbank (re-elected); Robert Hauri, CEO of SPG Intercity Zurich, Prof. Dr. Markus Schmidiger, Head CC Real Estate Management Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (re-elected) and Johannes Höhener, FinTech expert at Swisscom.
Newhome is owned by cantonal banks and Swiss real estate companies. With their prominent representation on the board, the board now has relevant expertise in digital marketplaces, ecosystems, banking and real estate, the company says. "This brings us even closer to our markets, allows us to gain further speed and consolidate our market positioning," says co-CEO Dr Roman Timm. (ah)
