These sites expect the new post-chief

He is not here yet, and hardly anyone knows him – but he takes influence: the designated post-chief Roberto Cirillo. Most recently, he met early this week with the Board of Directors, to talk about the strategy for the years 2021 to 2024, as is the case with the presentation of the annual results was known.

"For us it is important that Roberto Cirillo is involved from the beginning in the Decisions," says Chairman of the Board Urs Schwaller . The key aspects of the future requirements Schwaller keeps covered. The Confederation as the owner of the Post needs to sign off on the new strategy. For this decision, the Federal Council is responsible.

Cirillo 1. April is officially the successor of Susanne Ruoff, who had resigned last summer in the Wake of the post-car affair. Complete the 48-Year-old, the management of the Post but it was only in mid-April, when the General Assembly is pending. Up to this time the acting interim chief Ulrich Hurni is at his side.

Video: a look into the future of the Post Post-President Urs Schwaller in the Interview. Video: Jon Mettler, Anya Ruoss

The Ticino takes in probably the most difficult time in the company's history course in the Executive chair. The result of the past fiscal year illustrates the many construction sites in need of care by Cirillo.

Since the scandal obtained by fraud in subsidies for post-car is in the first place. The yellow giant has been reimbursed to the cantons of the damage in the amount of 205 million Swiss francs. This extraordinary expense charged to the profit of Swiss Post and Postbus. Post car skidded therefore, even in the red and 2018, generated a loss of 58 million francs. With the repayments, the Post has worked up the scandal, but only financially.

Cirillo will also have to deal with the criminal consequences. It is known that the Federal police are investigating against former Postbus chief Daniel Landolf, and its chief financial officer. According to the wording of the law, the criminal investigators accuse the two former managers, "to have fraudulently the services of the community is difficult". For both men the presumption of innocence applies.

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the Extent to which the Post self-responsibility lawsuits against former post, auto-submitting squad people, is on the Board of Directors is still pending. The post President Schwaller says that "specialized law offices" to clarify the facts of the case.

another Problem with post Finance. The strong decline of the operating result of the financial service provider is clouded, the balance sheet of the parent as well. Mainly, the Post makes the lower income from interest and dividends is responsible.

in Order to curb the decline in Revenues, had increased post-Finance last fall. So the account now costs five francs in the month. The result: About 33'000 customers, Postfinance is returned to the back, a total of 306'000 accounts have been resolved in 2018, which represents a decrease of 6 percent in the accounts.

"Yes, net income is lower than in the previous year" President Urs Schwaller result of the Post informed the group. (Video: Tamedia)

new sources of revenue to tap into, calls for the state to close the operation in addition, the prohibition on loans and mortgages, should be repealed. The Federal Council has made a direction decision. The last word the Parliament. And here, resistance is imminent.

It is also due to the new postal chief, to convince the policy. But Cirillo is considered to be little networked in Bern. He would quickly establish the necessary contacts, says Schwaller.

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Postfinance has high hopes of a share: The mortgage market in Switzerland is 1000 billion Swiss francs in hard and grow annually by 3 to 4 percent, Postfinance CEO Hansruedi Köng.

A construction site is also the post office network. This business area was able to reduce his loss, but remains in deficit. In order to make the loss-making branch network profitable, has the Post drastic measures. Up to the year 2020, it aims to reduce the number of post offices from 1400 to 800 to 900. This makes for discontent in the population. But even with the resistance of the trade unions, the new post will have to reckon boss.

This shows that The To-do list Cirillo got his is long, a time he will get.

(editing Tamedia)

Created: 07.03.2019, 21:11 PM