SIX Terravis Promoted Stephan Hänseler as Chairman of the Board of Directors

SIX, an infrastructure services provider for the Swiss and Spanish Stock Exchanges, announced that it has promoted Stephan Hänseler as Chairman of the Board of Directors of SIX Terravis Ltd at an Extraordinary General Meeting.

Hänseler is currently a Managing Director of SIX SIS Ltd, which provides Swiss central securities depository (CSD) and international custody services to domestic and foreign financial institutions.

Before joining SIX in 2019, Hänseler has spent over 17 years at UBS, a global financial services company, where he worked in various international positions. Prior to that, he has been with Credit Suisse for over 8 years.

In addition to Hänseler, SIX CFO Daniel Schmucki and Dr Urs Hofmann, Independent Director, were elected to the Board of Directors of SIX Terravis Ltd.

Daniel Schmucki has been CFO of SIX since 2017. Mr Schmucki is also a member of the Boards of Directors of Bolsas y Mercados Españoles, Madrid, and Worldline SA, Paris, Chairman of the Vereinigung Schweizerischer Finanzchefs (Association of Swiss Chief Financial Officers, VSF), Zurich, and a member of the Board of Directors of Zurich Zoo, Zurich.

Dr Urs Hofmann was a member of the Cantonal Council of Aargau from 2009 until the end of 2020. A doctor of law, he previously worked as a lawyer and notary at his own law firm in Aarau.

“Dr Hofmann is ideally suited to the role of independent representative on the Board of Directors, and we are delighted to welcome him on board,”Werner Möckli, Head SIX Terravis Ltd, said. “The broad experience of Stephan Hänseler as our new Chairman and Daniel Schmucki as our new Board member also makes them ideal additions to SIX Terravis Ltd.”