Swiss CFO Markus Binkert to leave company in May

Swiss International Air Lines’ CFO Markus Binkert will leave the company at the end of May. The Zurich-based carrier said on 19 February that Binkert, who has spent almost two decades at the firm, the past four years of which as CFO, will take on the role of CE at gastronomy and hotel management company SV Group. Swiss has launched a search for his successor, the company adds. “Our company has a lot to thank Markus Binkert for,” says CE Dieter Vranckx. “In the numerous key positions that he has held over the years, Markus has consistently contributed to Swiss’s success – in good times and in tougher ones such as the pandemic years. As a vital member of our management board, Markus has been instrumental in helping to ensure that our airline stands on the firm financial foundation that it has today, debt-free and well positioned to meet and master the challenges ahead.” Binkert joined Swiss as head of global key accounts and business sales Switzerland in 2005 and moved through the product, marketing and distribution ranks before being appointed to the company’s management board as CCO in 2013.<br/>