Urs Kessler

Chief Executive Officer
Swiss

Education

  • 2003 SKU management course
  • 1997 Swiss diploma in Marketing Management
  • 1992 Swiss diploma as Marketing Planning
  • 1986 training as a sales trainer
  • 1982 operational dispatcher

Professional career

  • 1987 Start at Jungfrau Railways
  • 1984 - 1987 various managerial functions at BLS with focus on marketing
  • 1982 - 1984 operational dispatcher at train stations in Switzerland in dispatch and sales

Main occupation

  • Chief Executive Officer of Jungfrau Railways since 2008

Mandates within the group/membership in committees

  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of the subsidiaries Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren AG, Firstbahn AG, Grindelwald Grund Infrastruktur AG, Harderbahn AG, Jungfraubahn AG, Jungfrau Gastronomie AG, Jungfrau Shopping AG, Parkhaus Lauterbrunnen AG, Top of Travel AG and Wengernalpbahn AG

Management and supervisory activities

  • Member of the Board of Directors of Kursaal Interlaken Holding AG
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Made in Bern AG
  • Member of the Board of Directors of RAILplus
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Swiss Travel System AG

Permanent management and consulting functions for major stakeholder groups

  • Member of the Board of the Trade and Industry Association of the canton of Bern
  • Member of the Board of Interlaken Tourismus (TOI)
  • Advisory Board SNB

Previous activities for Jungfrau Railways

  • 1994 Head of the new Joint Marketing and Operations division, elected as member of the Executive Board
  • 1990 Head of Commercial Services
  • 1987 Start as a sales promotion employee