A long-standing expert in Switzerland's financial industry joins the board of directors of Finews AG. Co-founder Claude Baumann becomes chairman of the board.

Sibylle Peter has been elected to the board of directors of Finews AG at the end of December 2020. She replaces co-founder Peter Bohnenblust, who is leaving the board after almost twelve years. Co-founder Claude Baumann was elected as chairman of the board of directors.

Sibylle Peter has been active in the Swiss financial industry for more than 20 years and comes from a publishing family. In 2017, she founded Zurich-based family office YSMA, with which she advises wealthy families in financial investments, direct investments and investment controlling.

Professional Career

Prior to that, she was a member of the executive board of a Swiss private bank headquartered in Zurich for many years. In this function, she was responsible for investment management for high net worth private clients and institutional investors, the fund business as well as business development and family office services.

Prior to that, she was a member of the executive board of a Swiss investment controlling company for several years, where she was responsible, among other things, for building up the family office and private client segment. She started her professional career at Credit Suisse.

Running an Online Store

Sibylle Peter studied economics at the University of Mannheim, Germany, and at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S., and received her Ph.D. from the University of Mannheim. Since 2019, she has also been running the online store #EINSTUECKPFALZ with Susanne Geier.