The 56-year-old Swiss has many years' experience of the stock-exchange business. He was appointed to the Management Committee of SIX Swiss Exchange (then SWX) in 2003 and has been responsible for the Operations unit since 2010, becoming Deputy Division CEO in 2012. In addition, Christoph Landis has headed SIX Swiss Exchange on an interim basis since May 2015. Christoph Landis has held various technology-related positions within the Swiss Exchange since 1992. In his role as Chief Information Officer, he made a crucial contribution to the development of the Swiss electronic stock exchange. Under his operational responsibility, SIX Swiss Exchange became one of the world's leading stock exchanges in technology terms.

Christoph Landis steps into his role as new Division CEO of SIX Swiss Exchange with immediate
effect.

Urs Rüegsegger, Group CEO SIX: "With Christoph Landis we have a Division CEO who is experienced and has strong leadership qualities, who is highly familiar with the stock-exchange business, and who has made a crucial contribution to the successful positioning and development of SIX Swiss Exchange. In addition, he has already demonstrated on many occasions that he fits into the Group Executive Board extremely well. I very much look forward to a successful working
relationship."