At its meeting on November 27, the Swiss Federal Council appointed Jürg Rötheli as Chairman of the Board of Directors of RUAG MRO Holding Ltd (RUAG MRO). He will take office on January 1 of next year.
RUAG MRO Holding AG is a Swiss technology group based in Berne and a service provider in the field of security and a partner of the Swiss Armed Forces. Although the company is organized under private law, it is wholly owned by the Swiss state. Founded in October 2019, the company is comparatively young. With his education and training, his track record and many years of experience, 61-year-old Jürg Rötheli meets the requirements profile for the role of Chairman of the Board of Directors of RUAG MRO, as stated in a recent press release The decisive factor for his appointment was his many years of experience as CEO and member of the Board of Directors of various companies. These include state-related companies. With ORS Group AG (ORS), Jürg Rötheli heads a company that works very closely with the federal administration and is regularly exposed to areas of political tension (care and accommodation of refugees). https://militaeraktuell.at/frankreich-entwicklung-mittelstreckenrakete/ Jürg Rötheli completed his legal training in 1990 and was admitted to the bar, gaining a doctorate in law in the same year. He then worked in various management positions. Among other things, he was responsible for a portfolio of ten subsidiaries as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swisscom AG. Between 2010 and 2016, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of Clear Channel Switzerland and, from 2014, also a member of the Executive Committee of Clear Channel International and Vice President Central Europe. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of Regio Energie Solothurn and Syntax Übersetzungen AG. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Resiq AG since 2010. In 2017, he took over as Chairman of the Board of Directors of ORS, where he was also CEO until July 2024. He will end his work for ORS at the end of 2024.
Election at the Extraordinary General Meeting
At the meeting, the Federal Council instructed the DDPS (Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport) to elect Jürg Rötheli at the Extraordinary General Meeting of RUAG MRO Holding Ltd on 10 December. He succeeds Nicolas Perrin, who was re-elected at the Annual General Meeting on May 15 until a successor is elected.
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