AI. DLT. SIX.

CEO SIX

Jos Dijsselhof has been the CEO of SIX since the 1st of January 2018.

A Dutch citizen, Jos holds degrees in computer science and Business Administration, and has a distinguished track record in international management in the financial sector. He previously held positions at the ABN Amro Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland and ANZ Banking Group in various countries, including Hong Kong and Singapore. His most recent role was Chief Operating Officer (2014–June 2017) and CEO ad interim (2015) for Euronext in Amsterdam.

Jos also holds a number of roles as chairman or member of the Board of Directors of various Group companies within SIX.

Head, Securities & Exchanges & Chairman SIX Digital Exchange

Thomas Zeeb heads the Securities & Exchanges unit of SIX.

In this role Tom is, effectively, accountable for the full end-to-end performance and growth of The Swiss Stock Exchange responsible for services covering listings, trading and comprehensive post-trade services. Prior to this role, Tom was Division CEO SIX Securities Services – the purely post-trade arm of SIX.

Tom joined SIX in 2008 after having worked for Clearstream Banking in London and Luxembourg. As Executive Director of Client Relations, Tom was a member of the company’s Executive Management and a member of the Board of Directors of Clearstream Banking Frankfurt. As Head Sales, Relationship Management & Client Services, Tom was responsible for the development of the European and US businesses.

A Canadian national, Tom previously held positions in companies such as the Bank of New York in London, Sim & Fed SpA in Florence and Deutsche Bank AG in Frankfurt.

Head SIX Digital Exchange

With more than 20 years’ experience in the financial market infrastructure sector, Tomas Kindler is Head SIX Digital Exchange.

After working as a project manager and strategist at Deutsche Börse Systems with a focus on trading, Tomas served as a Senior Strategy Manager and later Director of Marketing & Sales Support at Clearstream Banking. This was followed by a three-year period as Managing Director of the joint venture, Link Up Markets, in Spain. Joining SIX in 2011, he took on the role of CEO SIX x-clear Ltd from 2012 to 2015, and Head Financial Center Services from 2017 to 2018, where he was responsible for interbank clearing, e-billing & direct debit, securities financing and trade repository services. Since April 2018 he served as Head Business Management & Services, managing the change portfolio, the P&L as well as all cross-functions of the business unit Securities & Exchanges.

In addition of his professional experience, Tomas has a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from Hamburg University of Technology and an MBA from Fuqua School of Business.

Head Global Relationship & Network Management

Stephan Hänseler heads the Global Relationship & Network Management of SIX.

Additionally to the Network Management of SIX Securities & Exchanges, Stephan is responsible for the global client relations related to post trade services. He acts as a catalyst and driver for the development of innovative products and services in close collaboration with Trading and Post-Trading Operations as well as the strategic Business Development unit.

Stephan joined SIX after having worked for over two decades in different roles within Credit Suisse and UBS in Zurich and Singapore. Aside of managing global, complex projects he has a proven track record in the securities industry. He is experienced in managing global teams with special focus on acquisition, relationship management and product development - mainly in the area of transaction banking / asset servicing.

Head Future Business, Member of the Management Committee

Valerio Roncone joined SIX as Head Markets & Clients in 2013. In this capacity, he was in charge of all relationship management, product management and sales activities for the post-trade area. He currently serves as Head Future Business in the new business unit Securities & Exchanges.

Before working for SIX Valerio began his career with a brief stint at Bank Cantrade in 1988. A year later, he moved to Bank Julius Bär in Zurich where he stayed for the next 16 years. While at Julius Bär, he held a number of positions within the back-office area of the bank. This included being responsible for derivatives products, as well as corporate actions before taking on the responsibility of Head Securities.

In 2007, Valerio joined EFG Financial Products as Managing Director and Head Operations. He drove the development and implementation of new products and services until 2013 when, as Head Operational Services, he left the organization to later join SIX.

Chief Client Officer, SIX Digital Exchange

Ivo Sauter joined SIX Digital Exchange in July 2018 as Chief Client Officer. He has more than 20 years of experience in the financial markets. Prior to SIX Digital Exchange, Ivo worked in Falcon Private Bank, Bank Julius Baer, Citibank and Credit Suisse. In his previous role as Head Trading & Operations he was also responsible for the conceptualization and launch of their crypto-asset offering. Ivo is deeply engaged in Fintech, in particular the applications of Blockchain and its regulatory implications.

Head of Sales, SIX Digital Exchange

Rupertus Rothenhaeuser joined SDX in September 2018 as Head of Sales. He previously served over 25 years as Derivative / Structured Product expert for several banks including BNP Paribas (Paris / Frankfurt) , ABN AMRO (Hong Kong / London) and Maquarie (Frankfurt). Starting as Market Maker for Options and Futures in the early 1990s, he quickly changed into the upcoming Structured Product arena and led the Global Retail Structured Product activity for BNP Paribas. Rupertus was the driving force for the creation of CBBC`s in Hong Kong. From 2012 – 2018 Rupertus served as Head of Sales & Marketing for the Stuttgart Stock Exchange and as MD for BS CATS, the leading bi-lateral OTC Trading Platform for Structured Products in Europe. Driven by entrepreneurship for new business development, Rupertus joined SDX in September 2018 to help building the first end-to-end regulated Exchange using DLT.

Head Network & Partner Management

With more than 20 years’ experience in the banking industry, Boris joined SIX in 2014 after having worked for Ciba-Geigy, Swiss Bank Corporation and UBS in different management roles. Initially as a member of the Executive Board of SIX Interbank Clearing Ltd. Since 2018 he has been responsible for Network & Partner Management. In 2019 he additionally took over the responsibility for the Account Management. He is in charge for relationship management to banks and software partners. He is also responsible for public relations and thus for relations with associations, public administration, industry committees and the media.

Today Boris is member of the Executive Board of the Swiss SWIFT National Member and User Group as well as in the Executive Board of the Swiss Commission for Financial Standardization. He represents the Swiss financial center in the Board of EBICS SCRL and in the European Automated Clearing House Association (EACHA).

Boris holds a master degree in political economics and business administration from the University of Basel and he serves as a senior lecturer for several Swiss universities in the area of combating economic crime.

Head Interbank Payments

Martin Frick has more than 25 years’ experience in the field of payment services. After beginning his career as a software developer, he moved into his current area of expertise in 1992, when he was appointed Head Development of Payment Transactions at Telekurs Payserv AG. This was followed by managerial roles at Europay Switzerland SA and PayNet International AG. Since 2008, Martin headed Interbank Payments.

In addition to his duties at SIX, Martin is a member of the Swiss Euro Clearing Bank supervisory board and the Swiss Payments Council. He holds a Bachelor’s in Business Administration, as well as a master’s degree from ETH Zurich.

Senior Product Manager

Bruno Kudermann is an expert in payment transactions, in particular for central bank and real-time systems. As a Senior Product Manager, Bruno is responsible for the SIC and euroSIC system as well as the associated services. In addition, he is Relationship Manager for banks and software providers.

Before Bruno joined SIX Interbank Clearing in 2000, he worked in various positions at Deutsche Bank between 1986 and 1999, with the later years having been spent as a consultant for payment transactions and electronic banking for corporate clients and institutions. He began his career at the Volksbank mittlerer Schwarzwald eG.

Head Client Executive Management

Sandro Heim joined SIX in 2013, where he was responsible for all sales and relationship management for Core Products and services.

Prior to working for SIX Sandro started his career with Citi Bank in 1993 in Zurich in Relationship Management. In 1998 he moved with the bank to New York to cover a portfolio of insurance companies on behalf of the institution.

Returning to Switzerland in 2002, Sandro took on the responsibility for Citi Bank’s transactional banking business with financial institutions.

In 2010, Sandro took on the challenge to develop new business for Citi’s Transaction Bank with wealth managers in the Asia-Pacific region, based in Singapore.

Senior Relationship Manager

With over 20 years’ experience in the post-trade industry, Fabrizio Pescosolido is one of the industry’s leading figures in relationship management on behalf of The Swiss Stock Exchange’s post-trade business.

Fabrizio joined SIX in 1998 and has exercised a number of different roles across the Client Relations organisation.

Between 2007 to 2013 Fabrizio served on the management teams of the former Swiss post-trade service provider SIS Ltd.

Fabrizio’s primary focus at SIX is on leading Financial Institutions in Switzerland & Internationally – our dedicated Senior Client Executive for top clients.

Fabrizio holds a Bachelor in Business Administration and speaks four languages fluently with basic Spanish in addition.

Head Post-Trade Sales UK & Nordics

Brendon Bambury is a specialist in strategic business development and client relationship management. In his position as Head Post-Trade Sales for the UK and Nordic markets – which he has held since June 2017 – Brendon is responsible for sales and relationship management. Brendon was initially appointed as a senior relationship manager, during which time he strengthened the core services of SIX in both the UK and international markets. He managed a portfolio of key British and international client relationships.

Prior to joining SIX, Brendon held a number of leading positions within the financial sector, including Head Business Development for the UK and Ireland at KAS BANK in London; between 2011 and 2015, operations manager at Société Général Securities Services for three years and client services manager at the Bank of New York for five years.

Brendon has a varied academic background, with a Bachelor’s in law, a postgraduate diploma in legal practice, a Bachelor’s in naval architecture and ocean engineering, and two financial planning certificates (FPC I & II).

Head Marketing Securities & Exchanges & SIX Digital Exchange

Avi Ghosh has worked for SIX since 2010 and has over twenty years’ experience in marketing strategy and execution with a diverse career background as a journalist, advertising copywriter and creative director, design & design thinking and communications.

Prior to joining SIX, Avi founded and ran his own brand strategy and consulting firm. In this capacity he played a key role in helping to position the SIX post-trade organization as a provider of integrated end-to-end post-trade services.

Before starting his own company and working for SIX, Avi spent almost 15 years working in Brussels for SWIFT where he was responsible for Marketing & Communications for the securities processing industry segment. One of Avi’s key responsibilities while at SWIFT was the running of Sibos. In this role he was responsible for defining all content, session frameworks (plenaries, panel discussions and information sessions), speakers and content for the event.

Before joining SWIFT, Avi was Creative Director for McCann-Erickson Advertising in India.

Marketing Specialist

Chiara Grazioli is responsible for the SIX contingent coordination and stand operations at Sibos 2019 London. She has been working for SIX since 2018 first in the Primary Markets department and then in the Marketing one, where she is, among other things, project manager for Sibos. Prior to working for SIX, Chiara completed a Master in Management at IE Business School in Madrid and worked for Kunde&Co, a Danish marketing agency.

Event Manager

Matea Zosak is responsible for the SIX contingent coordination and stand operations at Sibos 2019 London. Matea has worked for SIX since 2014 with a small break of two years where she was working in the Communications department of TWINT. She holds a Master in Business Communication that she completed while working for SIX.