The Board of Directors of SIX has appointed Bjørn Sibbern as the new CEO effective January 1, 2025. Bjørn Sibbern succeeds Jos Dijsselhof, who leaves the company after seven years at SIX to undertake a new professional challenge in the Middle East. Jos Dijsselhof has successfully continued to develop SIX and expanded it internationally.
Bjørn Sibbern will assume the position of CEO of SIX as of January 1, 2025. As Global Head of Exchanges and member of the Group Management Committee, he has been in charge of SIX’s international securities business since the beginning of 2024. Bjørn Sibbern has more than two decades of experience in capital markets for highly prestigious institutions, and, among other international positions, he has worked for Nasdaq, OMX Exchanges and as CEO of E*TRADE Bank Denmark. He has Danish nationality, holds an Executive MBA, a Diploma in Business Administration and a Master in Economics and Business Law from the Copenhagen Business School.
Thomas Wellauer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SIX, said: “I am delighted that we have been able to appoint Bjørn, a capital market expert, well connected in the industry and a member of the team, as CEO. Since joining SIX A year ago, we have been able to know Bjørn as an assertive, highly motivated and proactive colleague. With his solid track record, Bjørn brings the international experience and leadership quality necessary to continue and accelerate the path. of growth that SIX has undertaken.
Since Jos Dijsselhof joined SIX as CEO in 2018, he has played a key role in the entity’s commercial development and expansion of its international presence. He managed to successfully carry out the strategic realignment of SIX with the sale of the card business to Worldline and further diversify the entity’s business portfolio..
Under his leadership, SIX made key acquisitions – most notably the purchase of the Spanish Stock Exchange, BME – along with other international investments primarily in the financial information sector, which have driven our growth substantially.
Dijsselhof will remain at SIX until February to ensure an orderly transfer
Thomas Wellauer, Chairman of the Board of Directors of SIX, highlights: “On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to express to Jos our sincere gratitude for his dedicated leadership. Over the last seven years he has strengthened SIX’s international presence, driven innovations such as SDX and played a decisive role in the transformation and modernization of SIX’s corporate culture, thus positioning the entity for further success. We wish Jos all the best in his new career.”
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