Change of command at Telekurs Financial
Marc Carletti will assume his duties as CEO of Telekurs Financial on May 1st, 2007, and at the same time, will become a Member of the Telekurs Group Executive Committee. He was been the designated successor of Eugen Niesper since the beginning of February, who is retiring mid-year after a 20-year career at Telekurs, 10 of which he headed the Group company, Telekurs Financial.
Marc Carletti, born in 1959, has been active for around 20 years in various management functions at Reuters, most recently since 2004 as Managing Director of Reuters France and President of Reuters Financial Software. He previously worked from 2001 to 2004 as Managing Director for Switzerland & Austria in Zurich, from 1991 to 2001 in management functions for various Reuter’s national branches in Europe and Latin America, as well as Sales Manager in Zurich/Geneva from 1987 to 1990. Before his time at Reuters, he was employed in marketing and sales for Hewlett Packard in Geneva and in the IT department at Banque Paribas.
Telekurs Group
The Telekurs Group is positioned as an internationally-active service organization primarily focused on card-based payment transactions, electronic payment systems and international financial information. Represented among its shareholders all are important Swiss banks and banking groups. Founded in 1930, the company generates around 700 million francs in annual turnover and employs over 1,700 people, of which 400 are outside Switzerland.