Lukas Hohl appointed new CEO of Swisscom Blockchain AG

With Lukas Hohl, an experienced leader and entrepreneur is now taking over the management of Swisscom Blockchain AG. Over the past 15 years, the 41-year-old ETH engineer and Harvard Business School alumnus has held various roles at BearingPoint, Swisscom, Sofgen and Synpulse, advising numerous financial companies on business and IT topics in Asia, the USA and Switzerland and leading various consulting teams. In addition to this, Lukas Hohl has helped set up an offshore development team in Manila (Philippines) for Sofgen and the US business for Synpulse. Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler is happy about the appointment. “In the past, Lukas 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."

Lukas Hohl currently still lives in Boston (USA). He will take over the CEO position as of 1 May 2019, and will be moving to Switzerland within the first two months. Along with the existing team, he will continue to pursue the previous blockchain technology strategy and drive the further expansion of Swisscom Blockchain AG. Talking about his new role, Lukas Hohl says: “Technology that fundamentally revolutionises existing systems, a young, talented team and an agile environment with our customers and within Swisscom – what more could you ask for?”