The new organizational structure of the Swiss Bicycle Manufacturers and Importers Association Velosuisse was approved at the General Assembly in Huttwil on 20 November. The responsibilities of the association president and managing director Dr. Andreas Gubler (62), who is stepping down after 22 years, will be redistributed:

The Zurich lawyer Dr. Marcel Boller (34, pictured above left) will take over as President of the Association. Martin Platter (55, pictured above right) has been appointed as the new Managing Director, who will also continue to run the media office. Platter is also known as a journalist and producer of the Swiss split of bike magazine. This split - a real piece of Swiss mountain bike history - is currently being discontinued with the bike issue 12/2019 after 256 issues and 22 years.

Cooperation with sporting goods suppliers, fiduciary company collects sales figures

For the secretariat work, a cooperation is entered into with SPAF, the secretariat of the Swiss sporting goods suppliers in Aarau, which will also become the new headquarters of Velosuisse. The newly appointed managing director and head of the Velosuisse media office, Platter, announced in a press release that the fiduciary company BDO will be responsible for collecting the annual bicycle and e-bike sales figures in future.

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