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Jos Dijsselhof, CEO
CEO
Jos Dijsselhof joined SIX in January 2018 as CEO. He holds degrees in computer science and business administration, and has a long track record in international management in the financial sector. He has previously held positions at ABN Amro Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland and ANZ Australia & New Zealand 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) at Euronext in Amsterdam.
Other Activities and Mandates
- Chairman of the Board of Directors Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME), Madrid
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Daniel Schmucki, CFO
CFO
Daniel Schmucki took up his role as CFO of SIX in March 2017. He joined SIX from Flughafen Zürich AG, where he had been Chief Financial Officer and Deputy CEO since 2008. In addition to all the traditional finance functions, he was also responsible for fee management, information and communication technology, risk and compliance management and central procurement as well as M&A, including the operation of all the company’s global commitments. Daniel Schmucki joined Flughafen Zürich AG as Head Controlling at the end of 1999. In 2002 he also took over responsibility for the Treasury and Investor Relations departments and for the expansion of the company’s international airport activities. Before joining Flughafen Zürich AG, he held various management positions in the field of finance within Germany’s Bosch Group, such as Head Division Controlling at Scintilla AG and Chief Financial Officer of Robert Bosch Internationale Beteiligungen AG. Daniel Schmucki holds a Federal Diploma as an expert in accounting and controlling. In 2013 Daniel Schmucki was named “Switzerland’s CFO of the year”.
Other Activities and Mandates
- Chairman or member of the Board of Directors of various Group companies of SIX Group Ltd
- Member of the Board of Directors Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, Madrid
- Member of the Board of Directors, Worldline SA (Censor), Paris
- Chairman of the Association of Swiss CFOs, Zurich
- Member of the Board of Directors of Zoo Zurich, Zurich
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Dr. Jochen Dürr, CRO
CRO
Jochen Dürr took up his position as Chief Risk Officer of SIX in March 2015. Prior to this, he held a number of management positions in the risk management field at State Street Corporation. Jochen Dürr began his professional career as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, working in both Germany and the US. He provided his global clientele, which included asset managers, banks and insurance companies, with support, focusing on risk management, the capital market business and corporate finance. Jochen Dürr was awarded a doctorate in credit risk management from the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Rostock and has a degree in economics from the University of St. Gallen. He also took part in study visits to the University of Warwick and the Stern Business School.
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Thomas Zeeb
Head Markets
Thomas Zeeb took up his role as Head Markets in January 2020. He has been responsible for the Securities Services business unit since 2008 and has also been in charge of Swiss Exchange since February 2018. He joined SIX in 2008 having previously worked for Clearstream Banking in London and Luxembourg. As Executive Director of Client Relations, he was a member of the company’s executive management and a member of the Board of Directors of Clearstream Banking Frankfurt. Placed in charge of sales, relationship management and client services, Thomas Zeeb was responsible for the development of the European and US businesses. He 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. Over the course of his career, Thomas Zeeb has gained a wealth of experience in the post-trading sector.
Other Activities and Mandates
- Chairman or member of the Board of Directors of various Group companies of SIX Group Ltd
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Marco Menotti
Head Banking Services
Marco Menotti joined SIX in March 2018 and can draw on more than 27 years’ experience in the financial sector. He previously spent more than 15 years at UBS, where he held a number of management positions, the last of which was Managing Director and Head Banking Products at UBS Switzerland from April 2009.
Other Activities and Mandates
- Chairman or member of the Board of Directors of various Group companies of SIX Group Ltd
- Chairman of the Board of Directors Swiss Euro Clearing Bank (SECB), Frankfurt
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of BBS Ltd, Zurich
- Member of the Board of Directors SwissSign Ltd, Glattbrugg
- Member of the Board of Directors SIX Interbank Clearing Ltd, Zurich
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Marion Leslie
Head Financial Information
In January 2020, Marion Leslie assumed the role of Head Financial Information. The British-Australian dual citizen moved from Refinitiv (formerly Thomson Reuters), where she was appointed Managing Director Enterprise Business in 2016. In this position she was responsible for a significant flagship business of many hundreds of million dollars, delivering real-time data feeds, analytics, data management and distribution platforms to financial service customers globally. In prior roles, she has run global technology and cross asset content teams at scale, supported by 1,500 experts in 26 countries worldwide. Marion Leslie held a variety of executive roles within Thomson Reuters, which she joined in 1994. She gained international experience as Executive Director, Board of Reuters India, where she established and developed a center of excellence that would eventually span five offices and 2,000 employees. Marion Leslie holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Education in French and German from the University of Cambridge. She was nominated in the Cranfield University Female FTSE 100 Women to Watch Board Report in 2017, and in 2014 was the winner of the Award for Achievement at the Women in Banking and Finance Awards.
Other Activities and Mandates
- Chairman or member of the Board of Directors of various Group companies of SIX Group Ltd
- Member of the Board of Directors Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME), Madrid
- Non-executive director of the Board for the UK Hydrographic Office, Taunton, UK
- Trustee Prostate Cancer UK, London, UK
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Christoph Landis
Head IT
As Head IT, Christoph Landis has been responsible for the development and operation of the entire IT infrastructure since February 2018. Prior to this, he was responsible for Swiss Exchange from November 2015 to January 2018. He was appointed CIO to the Management Committee of Swiss Exchange in 2003 and has been responsible for the Operations unit since 2010, becoming Deputy in 2012. Christoph Landis has held various technology-related positions within Swiss Exchange since 1992. He has been Deputy Director of the Information Technology unit since 1999, with a major focus on developmental and external IT projects. After obtaining his university entrance qualification in Zurich in 1978, Christoph Landis continued his studies in the fields of human medicine, information technology and economics.
Other Activities and Mandates
- Chairman or member of the Board of Directors of various Group companies of SIX Group Ltd
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Javier Hernani Burzaco
Head Securities Services
Javier Hernani Burzaco has been Head Securities Services at SIX since January 2021. In June 2020, he assumed the role of Head BME after the takeover of BME by SIX. The Spanish citizen holds degrees in economics and business management from Universidad Comercial de Deusto and in european studies from Brugges European School. Before joining BME in 2002, he held the position as Deputy General Manager of the Bilbao Stock Exchange. Previously Javier Hernani Burzaco worked as European Financial Sector consultant at Coopers & Lybrand Brussels and as CFO at Norbolsa, a Spanish broker.
Other Activities and Mandates
- Member of the Board of Directors Bolsas y Mercados Españoles (BME), Madrid
- Member of the Board of Directors Operador do Mercado Ibérico de Energia, Madrid
- Member of the Board of Directors OMIP Operador do Mercado Ibérico Portugal, Lisbon
- Member of the Executive Board Federación Iberoamericana de Bolsas (FIAB), Buenos Aires
- Member of the Governance & Nomination Committee, World Federation of Exchanges (WFE), London
Extended Executive Board
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Dr. Alain Bichsel
Head Corporate Communications & Marketing
Alain Bichsel has headed up Marketing & Communications since April 2018. As part of this role, he is responsible for marketing, corporate communications and brand management at SIX. At the end of 2014, Alain Bichsel was appointed Head Corporate Communications at SIX, where he had already been responsible for Group-wide media relations since 2011. Prior to this, he was Head of Communications at FINMA (previously the Swiss Federal Banking Commission) from 2007 onward. Before joining FINMA, he held various management positions in Communications at the Swiss Bankers Association and a number of private organizations. Alain Bichsel is a Swiss national and holds a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Basel, Switzerland.
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Dr. Hannah Zaunmüller
Chief Human Resources Officer
Dr. Hannah Zaunmüller has been responsible for Human Resources (HR) since 1 February 2021.
She has many years of management experience in the field of HR in various industries. After completing her university degree (Master of Economics) in the Netherlands and subsequent doctorate (Dr. rer. Pol.) at RWTH Aachen University in Germany, she started her career at Deutsche Post DHL in 2005. In 2009 she moved to Swiss Post, where she was initially Head of HR Strategy and Governance, before becoming Head of Talent and then Head of Development. In 2017, Hannah Zaunmüller took on the role of Chief Human Resources Officer and Member of the Extended Group Executive Board at Ringier. As such, she was responsible for the entire HR of the Ringier Group with companies in 19 countries. She is a dual Swiss and German citizen.