At its meeting on 26 June 2024, the Federal Council appointed Martin Schlegel as the new Chairman of the Board of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and therefore as the successor to Thomas Jordan.
Martin Schlegel will take up his duties with effect from 1 October 2024 and will take over as Head of Department I in Zurich. Until now he served as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors and was Head of Department II of the SNB.
With effect from the same date, the Federal Council appointed Antoine Martin, currently Member of the Board of Directors and Head of Section III, as Vice-President of the Board of Directors. He will take over as head of Section II in Bern.
Following a proposal from the Bank’s Board, the Federal Board appointed Petra Tschudin, currently an Alternate Member of the Board of Directors, as a new member of the Board of Directors. He will take over as head of Division III in Zurich with effect from 1 October 2024.
Martin Schlegel (born 1976) joined the SNB in 2003. The Federal Council appointed him as Alternate Member of the Board of Directors with effect from 1 September 2018 and as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors with effect from 1 August 2022. Prior to this, He has been head of the foreign exchange and gold unit since 2009 and the SNB’s Singapore branch since 2016. From 2011 to 2018, he was a member of the SNB’s Investment Committee.