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According to a statement<\/a>, the Board of Trustees of Lucerne Economic Development<\/a>has appointed Patrik Wermelinger as its new director. The 54-year-old Lucerne native succeeds Ivan Buck, who, after eight years in office, will now focus on his own company in the field of relationship management. Wermelinger, who holds a degree in business administration and an Executive MBA, previously worked as Head of Location Promotion and Marketing at Lucerne Economic Development Agency from 2006 to 2016. Since 2016, he has been Chief Investment Promotion Officer and a member of the Executive Board at Switzerland Global Enterprise<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to the announcement, his ten years of experience in economic development, his knowledge and network in the Lucerne area, and his expertise in the needs of foreign companies make him the ideal candidate. “Patrik Wermelinger impresses not only with his high level of expertise and extensive international experience, but also with his trustworthy and profitable manner,” said Dr Erwin Steiger, President of the Foundation Board. Ivan Buck will remain employed by Lucerne Economic Development Agency as acting director until the end of February 2026. Andreas Zettel will then take over as acting deputy director until Patrik Wermelinger takes up his post on 1 June 2026.<\/p>\n Lucerne Economic Development is the central point of contact for companies in Lucerne as a business and residential location. Its service portfolio includes location promotion, business development, start-up support, and the expansion and maintenance of the network with the canton, municipalities and business community.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Patrik Wermelinger will become the new director of Lucerne Economic Development, succeeding Ivan Buck, who is stepping down after almost eight years in office. Wermelinger, who previously worked for Lucerne Economic Development from 2006 to 2016, will officially take over on 1 June 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12476,55975,55978,12484,55984],"tags":[55618,12525,12526,12528,30800,56279],"class_list":["post-146708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-immonews","category-institutions-education","category-location-promotion","category-people","category-people-2","tag-fuehrungswechsel-2","tag-immoinvest-en","tag-immonews-en","tag-news-en","tag-standortpromotion-en","tag-wirtschaftsfoerderung-luzern","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":{"bild_mit_ki_erstellt_worden":["Ja"],"lead":"Patrik Wermelinger will become the new director of Lucerne Economic Development, succeeding Ivan Buck, who is stepping down after almost eight years in office. Wermelinger, who previously worked for Lucerne Economic Development from 2006 to 2016, will officially take over on 1 June 2026.\r\n","autor":"ce\/ja","ort":"Luzern","bildunterschrift":"","bild_im_grid":false,"gallerie":"","newsim":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t