2023-04-25 14:11:42
Avenir Suisse boss becomes car lobbyist
Peter Grünenfelder is to succeed Albert Rösti as President of Auto Schweiz.
Avenir Suisse boss Peter Grünenfelder. (May 16, 2022)
Photo: Samuel Schalch
The car importers’ association Auto-Schweiz has nominated Avenir Suisse boss Peter Grünenfelder as the new president. The General Assembly is to appoint him on May 15 in Lucerne as the successor to Albert Rösti, who was elected to the Federal Council.
Grünenfelder has a doctorate in business administration, as Auto-Switzerland announced on Tuesday. As director of the economic think tank Avenir Suisse, he has a broad network and has management experience.
According to an Avenir Suisse statement, Grünenfelder is stepping down as director of the foundation because he will take on the new position at Auto Schweiz and other business mandates. The process of finding a successor has already been initiated. Grünenfelder is leaving Avenir Suisse following almost eight years.
Grünenfelder ran unsuccessfully for the FDP in the government elections in the canton of Zurich. The Liberals lost their second seat of government there in 2019 to the Greens Martin Neukom.
The then Bernese SVP National Council and current Transport and Environment Minister Rösti resigned from the presidency of the car importers following the election to the Federal Council.
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