Swisscom’s blockchain division
appointed Lukas Hohl as the new CEO of the subsidiary, effective from 1 May 2019. Hohl will be taking over from the Chief Digital Officer of Swisscom, Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler, who was managing the subsidiary on an interim basis following the departure of
Daniel Haudenschild three months ago.
Wüthrich-Hasenböhler has confidence in Hohl’s new appointment, adding that Hohl “has built up and managed companies, managed complex large-scale projects, is well connected in Switzerland and internationally, and fits excellently into the young team of Swisscom Blockchain AG.”
Hohl has spent a significant part of his career providing consulting services related to the digitization of the finance industry. He graduated from Switzerland’s respected ETH university. Most recently Hohl worked for three years as an associate partner in the U.S. for Synpulse management consulting, a Swiss-headquartered global consultancy. Before that he spent more than five years with banking consultancy Sofgen which was acquired by Tech Mahindra in 2015. Hohl also assisted in setting up an offshore development team in Manila for Sofgen and the U.S. business for Synpulse.
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