30.06.10 - SUISA welcomes New Executive Management
SUISA today bade farewell to CEO Alfred Meyer who is retiring at the end of June, and to Jean Cavalli who is leaving SUISA to take up a new assignment as CEO of the Société Suisse des Auteurs SSA on 1 July 2010.
Wegelin, Philipp, Salvadé
The Executive Committee will henceforth be composed of Andreas Wegelin, CEO, Vincent Salvadé, Executive Vice President, and Irène Philipp Ziebold. Andreas Wegelin has been a member of the Executive Committee since 1998, and both Irene Philipp-Ziebold and Vincent Salvadé have been members of SUISA’s management team for many years.
New CEO Appeals to Members for Solidarity
In his speech to the General Assembly last Saturday, SUISA’s new CEO Andreas Wegelin underscored the importance for the Society of its members’ contribution: “Digitisation is not merely an economic challenge for authors. In Switzerland, like elsewhere, the trend is towards ubiquitous free entertainment: music, films and the like are available everywhere and the consumer is free to help himself at no charge. I am concerned when I see our members allowing their rights to be challenged. Many companies and their employees depend for their income and livelihood on people wanting to listen to music, watch films and read books. SUISA is committed to ensuring that authors continue to receive a fair share of the turnover realised with their works. And we appeal to our members for their continued commitment and solidarity in this sense.”
