10 Fintech Leaders Recognised as Switzerland’s Digital Shapers 2026

2026-03-25 - 10:10

For the eighth time, BILANZ, Handelszeitung, PME, and digitalswitzerland have recognised one hundred individuals shaping digital Switzerland. Among them, the Fintechies category highlights ten leaders taking the financial industry to the next digital level. The selection of the “Digital Shapers 2026” was made by a 12-member jury chaired by Marc Kowalsky, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of BILANZ and Project Lead for “Digital Shapers”. The jury, which includes Christine Antlanger-Winter (Country Director, Google Switzerland), André Kudelski (CEO, Kudelski / President of Innosuisse), and Roland Siegwart (Professor of Autonomous Systems, ETH Zurich), reviewed nominations submitted at the end of 2025 and selected ten individuals in each category. This year’s honourees in the Fintechies category are: Kathrin Braunwarth, CIO, AXA Switzerland Pascale Bruderer, Founder, Swiss Stablecoin Riccardo Conti, Co-Founder, Fume Johs Höhener, Independent Board Member Igor Izraylevych, CEO & Founder, S-PRO Lidia Kurt, CEO, BX Digital & Seturion Adriano Lucatelli, Founder & CEO, Descartes Finance David Riegelnig, CEO & Co-Founder, RULEMATCH Michael Stemmle, Founder, Additiv Hans Peter Wolf, CTO, FNZ Franziska Barmettler, CEO of digitalswitzerland, said: Franziska Barmettler “To advance the digital transformation in Switzerland, we need Digital Shapers who provide new impetus and inspire their environment. When the best minds from science, administration, and business from all parts of the country work together on solutions, we secure Switzerland’s competitiveness.” Featured image credit: Edited by Fintech News Switzerland, based on image by jofreepik via Freepik