Swiss perspectives in 10 languages

Swatch subsidiary Breguet gets a new CEO

brand
Keystone-SDA

Gregory Kissling, currently vice president of product development at Omega, will take up the post on October 1, 2024.

The premium brand Breguet, which belongs to the Swatch watch group, is getting a new CEO. Kissling, a 47-year-old engineer from Neuchâtel, has worked for the Swatch Group for more than 20 years. He will succeed Lionel a Marca, a spokesperson for the Biel/Bienne-based company confirmed a report in the newspaper Le Temps on Friday.

+Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox

The outgoing Breguet boss Lionel a Marca is moving to Blancpain, another luxury watch brand of the Swatch Group, as vice president for operations. He will also take over as head of product development in the prestige brands division.

Adapted from German by DeepL/ac

This news story has been written and carefully fact-checked by an external editorial team. At SWI swissinfo.ch we select the most relevant news for an international audience and use automatic translation tools such as DeepL to translate it into English. Providing you with automatically translated news gives us the time to write more in-depth articles.

If you want to know more about how we work, have a look here, if you want to learn more about how we use technology, click here, and if you have feedback on this news story please write to english@swissinfo.ch.

Popular Stories

Most Discussed

News

New car sales shrink by 5 percent in 2024

More

Swiss new car sales shrank by 5% in 2024

This content was published on Significantly fewer new cars were sold in Switzerland in 2024 than the previous year as demand for electric cars and plug-in hybrids declined.

Read more: Swiss new car sales shrank by 5% in 2024

In compliance with the JTI standards

More: SWI swissinfo.ch certified by the Journalism Trust Initiative

You can find an overview of ongoing debates with our journalists here . Please join us!

If you want to start a conversation about a topic raised in this article or want to report factual errors, email us at english@swissinfo.ch.

SWI swissinfo.ch - a branch of Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR

SWI swissinfo.ch - a branch of Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR