New chief operating officer Roger Sandmeier will contribute to the expansion of finews' platforms in Europe as well as Asia. His role is to improve the connectivity of editorial, marketing, and information technology.
At more than 650,000 readers in Europe and Asia, finews' platforms have advanced to a leading online media for the financial services industry – and continue to grow strongly, as the most recent Google Analytics data illustrates.
In response to the growth, finews is formalizing its structure with the hire of Roger Sandmeier as chief operating officer. His role is to ensure a seamless workflow between the newsroom, marketing, and technology.
European, Asian Expansion
Sandmeier worked for several communications agencies as an art and creative director. He joined Swiss branding agency Facing in Zurich in 2007, where he was most recently CEO overseeing the budgets of key clients like Coop, Transgourmet, and law firm Niederer Kraft Frey.
At finews, Sandmeier will oversee marketing, information technology, and finances, with a particular emphasis on the company's branding. «We're excited to have Roger Sandmeier's profound knowledge and extensive experience in marketing and branding to continue to promote finews' international growth,» co-founder and CEO Claude Baumann said. «As COO, he will link the newsroom with our commercial side.»
Deputy Editor Appointed
In editorial, finews.ch named Samuel Gerber (pictured above) as deputy editor, effective immediately. Gerber has been with finews.ch since 2014 and his new role is meant to underpin the editorial expansion.
He studied German and English at the University of Bern as well as business journalism at Zurich's University of Applied Sciences. Prior to finews.ch, Gerber oversaw the financial beat at Swiss weekly publication «Handelszeitung» for six years. He was a reporter at the same outlet from 2005 to 2008.
