Executive Management
The seven members of Executive Management and the CEO are elected by the Board of Directors. Each is responsible for the operational management of the unit assigned to them. The CEO represents Executive Management to the Board of Directors.
The Chief Executive Officer of PostFinance Ltd participates in Executive Management meetings as an observer.
There are no management contracts with companies or natural persons outside the Group.
After the CEO and Deputy CEO, members are listed in the order in which they took office.
Susanne Ruoff
CEO, member since 2012, Switzerland, 1958, Master’s Degree in Economics from the University of Fribourg, Executive MBA
Professional background: Swiss Post Ltd (CEO); British Telecom Switzerland (CEO BT Switzerland Ltd); IBM Switzerland (Management Board member, Global Technology Services); IBM Switzerland (Head of Public Sector Division); various management positions in services, marketing and sales; previous directorships and positions on Foundation Boards: Geberit, Bedag, IBM pension fund, Industrial Advisory Board of the Computer Science Department of ETH Zurich
Key posts: PostFinance Ltd (Member of the Board of Directors, Organization, Nomination & Remuneration Committee [Member], Core Banking Transformation Committee [Chair]); Post CH Ltd (Chair of the Board of Directors), Post Real Estate Ltd (Chair of the Board of Directors); PostBus Ltd (Chair of the Board of Directors)
Ulrich Hurni
Head of PostMail, Deputy CEO, member since 2009, Switzerland, 1958, commercial employee and business secretary at Swiss Post, EMBA University of Zurich
Professional background: Swiss Post Ltd (PostMail: Deputy Head and Head; Swiss Post International: Managing Director; Telecom PTT: Unit/project controller; PostFinance: IT systems development)
Key posts: Asendia Holding Ltd (Chairman of the Board of Directors); TNT Swiss Post AG (Member of the Board of Directors); Swiss Excellence Forum (Member of the Board)
Daniel Landolf
Head of PostBus, member since 2001, Switzerland, 1959, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), business administration
Professional background: Swiss Post Ltd (PostBus: Head and Deputy Head, Head of Business Development); PTT General Management (Swiss Post Marketing: Deputy Head of Strategies & Analyses; Business Administration Department: marketing specialist); Credit Suisse AG (foreign exchange trader)
Key posts: Reka Swiss Travel Fund (Administrative member of the Cooperative Society); Association of Public Transport (Board and committee member); LITRA – public transport information service (Board and committee member); Sensetalbahn AG (Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors)
Dieter Bambauer
Head of PostLogistics and Head of ICT, member since 2009, Switzerland/Germany, 1958, Dr. oec. WWU, JLU
Professional background: Swiss Post Ltd (Head of PostLogistics and Head of ICT); Hangartner AG (CEO); Schenker Switzerland Ltd (CEO); Deutsche Bahn AG (EVP freight logistics); Kühne + Nagel Management Ltd (Member of the Executive Board); MD Papier (Member of the Executive Board, logistics, IT); RCG (Head of Logistics Unit); Dr. Waldmann & Partner (management consulting)
Key posts: Asendia Holding Ltd (Member of the Board of Directors); TNT Swiss Post AG (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Cargo sous terrain AG (Member of the Board of Directors); Institute of Supply Chain Management, University of St. Gallen (Member of the Executive Committee)
Jörg Vollmer
Head of Swiss Post Solutions, member since 2015, Germany, 1967, banker, qualified business economist, Executive MBA
Professional background: Swiss Post Ltd (Head of Swiss Post Solutions); Hewlett-Packard (Vice President BPO EMEA, various management positions in Finance, Management and Operations); Triaton GmbH (Managing Director); Commerzbank (Advisor)
Key posts: none
Alex Glanzmann
Head of Finance, member since 2016, Switzerland, 1970, lic. rer. pol. University of Bern, Executive MBA HSG in Business Engineering
Professional background: Swiss Post Ltd (Head of Finance at PostLogistics, Head of Central Distribution zone, Head of Strategic Projects & Business Controlling for the Goods Logistics unit, Project Portfolio Manager for the Goods Logistics unit); BDO Visura (Head of Management & HRM advisory unit and vice-director, chief management consultant); Office for Information Technology and Organization at the Canton of Solothurn (research assistant)
Key posts: PostFinance Ltd (Member of the Board of Directors, Member of the Audit & Compliance Committee, and Member of the Risk Committee); Post CH Ltd (Member of the Board of Directors); Post Real Estate Ltd (Member of the Board of Directors); PostBus Ltd (Member of the Board of Directors); Swiss Post pension fund (Vice-Chairman of the Foundation Board); Swiss Post Insurance AG (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
Thomas Baur
Head of PostalNetwork member since 2016, Switzerland, 1964, MBA ETH in Supply Chain Management
Professional background: Swiss Post Ltd (PostMail: Head of Delivery, Head of Logistics, Head of Business Development for ExpressPost, IT: Construction & Real Estate Project Manager, Head of Quality Assurance, Programmer/Analyst)
Key posts: none
Valérie Schelker
Head of Human Resources, member since 2017, Switzerland, 1972, lic. rer. pol. University of Bern,
CAS “Certified Strategy Professional” at University of St. Gallen
Professional background: Swiss Post Ltd (Head of Human Resources); PostFinance Ltd (Head of Working Environment, HR & Facility Management, Deputy Head of Working Environment, Head of HR Strategy & Development, Head of Market Research)
Key posts: Swiss Post pension fund (Member of the Foundation Board); SAV (Board member)
Hansruedi Köng 1
Chief Executive Officer PostFinance Ltd, member since 2012, Switzerland, 1966, lic. rer. pol. (University of Bern), Business Administration and Economics, Swiss Finance Institute Advanced Executive Program
Professional background: PostFinance Ltd (Head of Treasury, Head of Finance; CEO; Member of the Executive Board since 1 March 2003); BVgroup Berne (Deputy Managing Director); PricewaterhouseCoopers Ltd (Senior Manager); Basler Kantonalbank (Member of Executive Management); Schweizerische Volksbank (Head of Asset & Liability Management)
Key posts: none
1 The Chief Executive Officer of PostFinance Ltd, Hansruedi Köng, is not a member of Executive Management, but attends Executive Management meetings as an observer.