Accounting and consulting firm EY Switzerland has named Daniel Gentsch as its new chairman, effective 1 April 2025.
He will be taking over from Andreas Blumer, who has held the position since 1 January 2021.
“After 30 years at EY, Andreas will be focusing on his largest audit client while reducing his workload in preparation for new tasks outside the company,” the company said in a statement.
Blumer said: “I firmly believe that the partners of EY Switzerland have made an excellent choice in appointing Daniel Gentsch. Thanks to his many years of experience, as well as his extensive skills and in-depth knowledge of our profession, he is well qualified and ideally suited to this challenge, so I am delighted to be passing the baton on to him.”
Gentsch has been with EY since 1998, having begun his career in the company’s tax advisory department.
He became a partner in Zurich in 2009, where he has provided guidance to multinational companies on international corporate tax law and mergers and acquisitions.
His leadership roles within the company included serving as head of Tax & Legal at EY Switzerland from 2016 to 2022, which placed him on the executive board there.
Currently, Gentsch is the Global International Tax and Transaction Services Deputy leader at EY.
He also leads the tax and law segment at EXPERTsuisse, the Swiss Expert Association for Audit, Tax and Fiduciary.
Gentsch said: “I look forward to supporting the dedicated management team in my new role and at the same time remaining close to our customers. My focus is on continually investing in innovation and offering our partners and employees the best development opportunities.
“As chairman of EY Switzerland, I will ensure that our clients are supported by the right interdisciplinary teams at EY so that they are in a position to actively shape the future.”
In February 2025, EY US collaborated with Zscaler to address challenges in network architecture through cloud-delivered services.
This partnership aims to bolster the security framework of organisations and fortify their infrastructure against cyber threats.
