Verena Rohrer will head Aargau Services
Verena Rohrer will take over the management of the Aargau Services location promotion from January. She has also headed the regional Brugg Regio location promotion and also has many years of experience in the private sector.
The Aargau government council has appointed Verena Rohrer as the new head of the cantonal location promotion agency Aargau Services . She is the successor to Annelise Alig Anderhalden, who accepted a new challenge in the spring. Rohrer will take up her new position on January 1, 2022.
According to a statement from the government council, Rohrer is very well anchored in the canton of Aargau. From 2011 to 2017 she was in charge of the regional Brugg Regio location promotion. In addition, the 40-year-old also has several years of experience in the private sector. For example, she is a member of the executive board of the wholesaler Bio Partner Switzerland based in Seon AG. Rohrer has been Head of Central Services at Caritas Aargau since 2019.
“Due to her knowledge of location promotion, her networking in the canton and her professional experience, Verena Rohrer has the best prerequisites to decisively further develop the location promotion of the canton of Aargau together with the experienced employees of Aargau Services,” said government councilor Dieter Egli (SP), head of the department Economics and Home Affairs, quoted in the communication.
The Aargau Services location promotion contributes to the continuous improvement of the business environment in Aargau. It also supports foreign companies wishing to settle in the canton. As part of the implementation of the new cantonal development model, Aargau Services will, according to its own information, also take on important tasks. The development model envisages further strengthening the business location and linking living and working in the canton more closely.