Siegfried names Beat Walti as new Chairman

Siegfried names Beat Walti as new Chairman

By: ICN Bureau

Last updated : September 26, 2025 12:45 pm



Andreas Casutt, who has chaired the Board of Directors of Siegfried Holding since 2014, will step down at the 2026 Annual General Meeting


The Board of Directors will propose to the 2026 Annual General Meeting that Dr. Beat Walti (1968) be elected the new Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Dr. Andreas Casutt (1963) has been a member of the Board of Directors of Siegfried Holding AG since 2010 and its Chairman since 2014. The attorney and partner at the Zurich law firm Niederer Kraft Frey AG has decided not to stand for re-election at the Annual General Meeting on April 16, 2026.

Beat Walti was elected to the Board of Directors of Siegfried Holding in 2022. The attorney chairs the Board of Trustees of the Ernst Göhner Foundation, Siegfried’s largest shareholder, holds board mandates at the Danish company DSV A/S and, as Chairman, at the Zurich-based trading company Rahn AG. In addition, he has been a member of the Swiss National Council since 2014, where he serves on the Economic Affairs and Taxation Committee.

Beat studied law at the Universities of Neuchâtel and Zurich and received his Ph.D. in 1998. He is a Swiss citizen.

Siegfried Beat Walti

First Published : September 26, 2025 12:00 am