Zoppi succeeds Mettler in Chur
Romano Zoppi will head the City of Chur's cultural department from April 2026. He succeeds Helena Mettler in this position. The position of project manager at the cultural department will be advertised.
Romano Zoppi began his professional career with an apprenticeship as a businessman. He subsequently completed various training and further education courses and graduated with a Master of Advanced Studies in Cultural Management from Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts in 2014. He is already working as a project manager for cultural strategy at the city's cultural department and has implemented various complex and cooperative projects such as the development of the cultural space network, the cultural portal chur-culture.ch or the renewal of the city's cultural strategy.
From 2016 to 2025, he became known as the initiator and chairman of the Churer Werkstatt. He was also active first as co-project manager and later as a board member of Long Saturday and as owner of the music agency Sonic Service GmbH.
Helena Mettler will leave the city at the end of March, but will continue to support the cultural department in selected projects until summer 2026. The position of project manager at the cultural department will be advertised.
