David Brupbacher Appointed Head of IT at SIX, Succeeding Christoph Landis

David Brupbacher Appointed Head of IT at SIX, Succeeding Christoph Landis

(IN BRIEF) David Brupbacher is set to take on the role of Head of IT and Member of the Executive Board at SIX Group starting July 1, 2024, replacing Christoph Landis, who will retire later in the year. Brupbacher, with a longstanding history at SIX since 2001, brings extensive IT expertise to his new position, having served as Head of IT Infrastructure & Operations previously. His appointment reflects SIX’s commitment to internal talent and continuity, with Christoph Landis supporting the transition until his retirement. CEO Jos Dijsselhof expresses confidence in Brupbacher’s capabilities and acknowledges Landis’s significant contributions to SIX’s success over the years.

(PRESS RELEASE) ZÜRICH, 9-Mar-2024 — /EuropaWire/ — David Brupbacher will become Head IT and Member of the Executive Board of SIX on July 1, 2024. In this role, he will be responsible for the group-wide development and operation of the entire IT infrastructure. David Brupbacher already held this position ad interim from February 2023 to the end of 2023. He has been Head of IT Infrastructure and Operations since May 2015. From 2009 to 2015, he was a member of the Management Board of SIX Interbank Clearing AG as Head of IT Management. Before joining SIX in 2001, he worked for various companies in the payment transactions sector. David Brupbacher holds an Executive MBA from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts and graduated from the Wirtschaftsinformatik Schule Schweiz (WISS) with a diploma in computer science.

David Brupbacher replaces Christoph Landis, who will retire in the second half of the year. From July 1, 2024 until his departure, Christoph Landis will support David Brupbacher and continue to accompany various projects.

Jos Dijsselhof, CEO SIX: “I am very pleased that we have been able to appoint David Brupbacher, a highly competent internal candidate, to succeed Christoph Landis. David has many years of IT experience, knows the company inside out and will actively help to further develop SIX and its services. At the same time, I would like to thank Christoph Landis for his many years of professional and extremely successful work for SIX.”

About SIX
SIX operates and develops infrastructure services for the Swiss and Spanish Stock Exchanges, for Post-Trade Services, Banking Services and Financial Information with the aim of raising efficiency, quality and innovative capacity across the entire value chain of the Swiss and Spanish financial centers. The company is owned by its users (120 banks). With a workforce of 4,044 employees and a presence in 20 countries, it generated operating income of CHF 1.5 billion and Group net profit of CHF 185.0 million in 2022.
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SOURCE: SIX Group