Executive Management
The CEO and the six members of Executive Management 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, members are listed in the order in which they took office.
Ulrich Hurni
Interim CEO, Head of PostMail, 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: Post CH Ltd (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Post Real Estate Ltd (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Asendia Holding Ltd (Chairman of the Board of Directors); TNT Swiss Post GmbH (Managing Director); Swiss Excellence Forum (Member of the Board)
Dieter Bambauer
Head of PostLogistics, member since 2009, Switzerland / Germany, 1958, Dr oec. WWU, JLU
Professional background: Swiss Post Ltd (Head of PostLogistics and Head of Informatics); 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 GmbH (Vice-Chairman of Management); Cargo sous terrain AG (Member of the Board of Directors); Institute of Supply Chain Management, University of St. Gallen (Member of the Executive Committee); Member of the ‘Weltoffenes Zürich’ (‘Cosmopolitan Zurich’) 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 Distributionzone, 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 Risk Committee and from 1 January 2019 Member of the Organization, Nomination & Remuneration 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 (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” certificate programme at St. Gallen University
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)
Christian Plüss
Head of PostBus, member since 2018, Switzerland, 1962, Dr. sc. ETH Zurich
Professional background: Alpiq AG (MD Hydro Power Generation); MeteoSchweiz (Director); Erdgas Ostschweiz AG (CEO); SBB AG (Head of Offer Management); Cap Gemini SA (Managing Consultant)
Key posts: GRAVAG Erdgas AG (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Swiss Alpine Spirit AG (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Energie Electrique du Simplon SA (Chairman of the Board of Directors); Engadiner Kraftwerke AG (Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors); Officine Idroelettriche della Maggia SA (Member of the Board of Directors); Officine Idroelettriche di Blenio SA (Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors), MTE-Plus Consulting GmbH (Managing Director)
Hansruedi Köng 1
Chief Executive Officer of PostFinance Ltd, member since 2012, Switzerland, 1966, lic. rer. pol. University of Bern, Business Administration and Economics Advanced Executive Program, Swiss Finance Institute
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 As the Chief Executive Officer of PostFinance Ltd, Hansruedi Köng is not a member of Executive Management, but attends Executive Management meetings as an observer.