Tourism Jungfrau Railway appoints Oliver Hammel as new CEO
The Jungfrau Railway has found a successor to its CEO. Urs Kessler will be succeeded by 41-year-old Oliver Hammel in June 2025. (archive picture)
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Oliver Hammel will succeed Urs Kessler, who has been CEO of the Jungfrau Railway for many years, in June 2025.
Image: Keystone
The Jungfrau Railway has found a successor to its CEO. Urs Kessler will be succeeded by 41-year-old Oliver Hammel in June 2025. (archive picture)
Image: Keystone
Oliver Hammel will succeed Urs Kessler, who has been CEO of the Jungfrau Railway for many years, in June 2025.
Image: Keystone
The Jungfrau Railway has found a new CEO. In June 2025, Oliver Hammel will succeed the long-standing CEO Urs Kessler, who announced his resignation a year ago.
"I am delighted that in Oliver Hammel we have been able to recruit a young, dynamic and internationally experienced personality for this role," said Heinz Karrer, Chairman of the Jungfrau Railway Board of Directors, in a statement on Thursday evening.
The 41-year-old Hammel currently lives in Thailand with his wife and 9-year-old daughter and is head of the technology division for the markets of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar at Swiss sales specialist DKSH. Previously, he managed the technology division for the Chinese market, based in Shanghai. Prior to that, he had already worked for the Swiss company Erowa in China.
The designated head is now returning to his home country after working abroad for over ten years. "I will bring an outside perspective to this well-established company," says Hammel according to the press release.
The departing Kessler has been with the Jungfrau Railway for 37 years. After 15 years, he announced a year ago that the time was ripe for a change at the top. He will retire after the handover in June 2025.
