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Organisation
BLS Ltd facts and figures
BLS operates in four areas of business: In the passenger mobility segment, BLS provides forms of mobility for its clientèle – including services by rail, bus, boat and car shuttle trains. In another business segment, BLS is committed to rail freight transport, with the aim of shifting traffic from roads to rails. The infrastructure business segment is responsible for a 420-kilometre-long railway network of train stations, tracks, contact lines, tunnels and bridges. And in its real estate segment, BLS manages existing properties, develops selected sites and constructs new buildings.
The Board of Directors
Kurt Bobst (1965, CH)
Chairman of the Board of Directors since the Annual General Meeting of 16/5/2023, member of the Board of Directors since the Annual General Meeting of 11/5/2021
Business consultant, federal dipl. accountant/controller
Yvette Körber (1973, CH)
Vice Chairwoman since 14/05/2024, Member since the Annual General Meeting of 11/05/2021, Chairwoman of the BLS projects committee, Chairwoman of the BLS Netz projects committee
Business economist, MBA Zürich
Bernhard Antener (1958, CH) *
Member, representative of the Canton of Bern since 1/6/2018, member of the Remuneration Committee
Advocate
Martin Bütikofer (1961, CH)
Member of the Board of Directors since the Annual General Meeting of 13/5/2014, chairman of the Remuneration Committee, member of the Finance and Audit Committee
Dipl. Industrial Engineering FH
Corina Caluori (1987, CH)
Member of the Board of Directors since the Annual General Meeting of 15/5/2025, member of the BLS projects Committee, Member of the BLS Netz projects committee Lawyer, Lawyer, Dr iur.
Marco Dirren (1973, CH)
Member of the Board of Directors since the Annual General Meeting of 16/5/2023, chairman of the Finance and Audit Committee
Msc Finance and Financial Law, MBA International Management
Martin Pfund (1967, DE/CH)
Member of the Board of Directors since the Annual General Meeting of 14/05/2024, member of the BLS projects Committee
Business economist M.Sc., Executive MBA in Business Engineering
Valérie Schelker (1972, CH)
Member of the Board of Directors since the Annual General Meeting of 14/05/2024, member of the Finance and Audit Committee
Business economist, lic.rer.pol
Stefanie Zimmermann (1977, CH) *
Member, representative of the Canton of Valais since 13.03.2019, member of the Finance and Audit Committee
Business economist
* Representative from a public sector corporation (Art. 762 CO, Art. 19 Company Statutes)
The Executive Board
Daniel Schafer (1967, CH)
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) (since 2021)
Dipl. Ing. EPFL
Dirk Stahl (1966, CH)
Deputy Chief Executive Officer (since 2010)
Managing Director of BLS Cargo Ltd, member of the Executive Board (since 2000)
Stefan Blaser, (1973, CH)
Head of IT and Digitalisation (since 2025)
Dipl. Ing. FH in Computer Science, EMBA FH in General Management
Horst Johner (1971, CH)
Head of HR & Transformation (since 2020)
Head of Human Resources FH
Anja Riedle (1986, D)
Head of Passenger Mobility (since 2024)
Business economist at a higher technical college, Bachelor of Business (BBA) in Tourism Management
Thomas Stupp (1968, CH)
Head of Railway Operations (since 2019)
Dipl. Civil Engineer ETH Zurich
Mira Walther (1986, CH)
Head of Finance and SCM / CFO (since 2025)
EMBA Rochester Bern
Daniel Wyder (1972, CH)
Head of Infrastructure (since 2010)
Dipl. Civil Engineering ETH (postgraduate studies), Industrial Engineering FH
The subsidiaries
BLS Netz AG
Shareholdings
- Swiss Federal Government (50.05 per cent)
- BLS Ltd (33.4 per cent)
- Canton of Bern (16.5 per cent)
- SBB (0.05%)
BLS Cargo Ltd
BLS Immobilien AG
BLS Schifffahrt AG
Busland AG
BLS long-distance traffic Ltd
BLS long-distance traffic Ltd oversees BLS’s long-distance operations. BLS operates individual long-distance lines on behalf of SBB. It uses its own trains and train drivers on these lines, and bears full responsibility in terms of revenue, quality and cost.
BLS Ltd is the sole shareholder of BLS long-distance traffic Ltd.
- Organisation structure of BLS Ltd in German
- Business models in German
