Christoph Aeschlimann

Group CEO Swisscom Ltd

Member of the Group Executive Committee and the Executive Committee Swisscom Switzerland
Born 1977
Swiss citizen
Degree in computer science (Dipl. Ing.), Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
MBA, McGill University

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Christophe Aeschlimann has been Group Chief Executive Officer of Swisscom Ltd and CEO of Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd since June 2022. He has been Chair of the Swisscom Switzerland Executive Committee since April 2025. He has a degree in computer science from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and an MBA from McGill University, Canada. He began his professional career as a software developer at financial services provider Odyssey. After a short period with innovation services provider Zühlke, he returned to Odyssey, where he held a number of management positions. He then joined the software development company ERNI, where he worked in various managerial positions, initially as Managing Director Switzerland, then as CEO of the group. Christoph Aeschlimann joined Swisscom in 2019 as Head of the IT, Network & Infrastructure division and member of the Group Management.

“We invest in new technologies to offer our customers the best in a networked world.”

Career

  • 2001–2004 Software Development Manager, Odyssey Asset Management Systems
  • 2006–2007 Business Unit Manager, Zühlke Group
  • 2007–2008 Area Services Manager, Odyssey Financial Technologies
  • 2008–2011 Senior Account Manager EMEA, Odyssey Financial Technologies
  • 2011–2012 Head of Switzerland and General Manager DACH & CIS, BSB
  • 2012–2014 Business Area Manager, ERNI Group
  • 2014–2017 Managing Director Schweiz, ERNI Group
  • 2017–2018 CEO, ERNI Group
  • 2019–2022 Head of the IT, Network & Infrastructure division, Swisscom Ltd, and member of the Group Executive Committee
  • Since June 2022 Group CEO of Swisscom Ltd and CEO Swisscom Switzerland
  • Since April 2025 CEO of the Executive Committee Swisscom Switzerland

Shareholding

(as at 31.12.2024)

Mandates

  • Member of the Board, Association Suisse des Télécommunications (asut), Bern
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Swiss Entrepreneurs Foundation, Bern
  • Member of the Board of the IMD Foundation, Lausanne
  • President of the Foundation Board of the Deeptech Nation Switzerland Foundation, Zurich