Change in the Executive Group Management Board
Swatch Group: change in the Executive Group Management Board
Biel (Switzerland), April 6, 2016 – Dr. Hanspeter Rentsch, a Member of the Executive Group Management Board of the Swatch Group, is retiring from his post at the end of August 2016, as he has given nearly 40 years of excellent and loyal service to the Group.
Appointed by the Swatch Group's Board of Directors, Dr. Hanspeter Rentsch will continue to represent the Group on the Executive Committee of Economiesuisse, as well as on the Executive Boards of the Swiss Employers' Association, the Swiss section of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH.
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