Thomas Flatt takes over as Chairman of the Board of Directors of CSP

The Annual General Meeting of CSP elected Thomas Flatt as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors on May 26, 2025. He succeeds company founder Alexander Colombi, who has built up and shaped the company since 1998. At the same time, Simone Wegmann was appointed to the Board of Directors.

Experienced entrepreneur takes the helm

Thomas Flatt is a proven expert on the Swiss ICT and consulting landscape. He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Robonnement and Q-Real Invest as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Primeo Energie and Blindflug Studios. Previously, he was, among other things, Chairman of SwissICT for many years, a member of the Executive Committee of Digitalswitzerland, CEO and Delegate of the Board of Directors of Abraxas Informatik, a member of the Executive Board of the Adecco Group, a member of the Group Executive Board of Swisscom and a consultant at BCG.

Flatt comments on his appointment: «CSP is an exceptional, healthy and independent consulting firm. I am delighted to take over from founder Alexander Colombi as Chairman of this growing organization. Together with the partners and the management, I want to continue the entrepreneurial innovation to effectively support our clients in a time of profound technological transformation - especially through artificial intelligence.»

Simone Wegmann new member of the Board of Directors

Simone Wegmann was also newly elected to the Board of Directors. The long-standing partner and Chairwoman of the CSP Partner Conference brings a wealth of major project and political experience with her. She explains: «I am delighted to be able to contribute my internal perspective and management experience to the Board of Directors.» The previous Board members Gennaro Castiello and Roland Schönholzer were unanimously re-elected.

A founder takes stock

Alexander Colombi founded CSP in 1998 and led the company as CEO until 2015. As Chairman of the Board of Directors and Partner, he played an entrepreneurial role in shaping the company for almost three decades. Under his leadership, CSP developed into an established management consultancy with over 75 employees in Zurich, St. Gallen, Bern and Basel. The company is still independently owned by 19 partners and employees.

Colombi looks back with gratitude: «I am grateful to all clients and employees for the wonderful collaboration over the last 28 years. The successful growth story of CSP continues at a rapid pace: artificial intelligence in particular allows our customers to tap into enormous potential when they undergo comprehensive transformation. I am delighted that Thomas Flatt is taking over as Chairman of the Board at this exciting time: his experience, foresight and communication skills are ideal for CSP.» Colombi will remain with the company as a partner and continue to lead exciting CSP mandates.

Strong backing from the management

CEO Michèle Megroz emphasizes the importance of the change: «Thomas Flatt is the ideal successor to the CEO: he knows the CSP universe, is very well connected and is a motivating source of energy for partners and the management!» With its guided self-organization, CSP lives CSPstars fast and distributed management processes - an approach that significantly shapes the corporate culture.

CSP focuses on the public administration, healthcare, energy, social institutions, blue light organizations and justice sectors. The focus is on customer transformation of organization, technology and culture. For the past three years, the company has been making targeted investments in the areas of artificial intelligence and information and data security. CSP has been at the top of the Best Place to Work rankings for years.

More information: www.csp-ag.ch