Swisscom Blockchain AG – a Blockchain technology firm located in Switzerland – has appointed Lukas Hohl, an Ethereum expert, as its new CEO.

Hohl – who formerly worked at many IT and finance companies such as BearingPoint, Sofgen consulting or management services provider Synpulse – will be officially in charge of the Swisscom Blockchain subsidiary and making strategic decisions to guide the company in the correct development path.

“In the past, Lukas Hohl has built and managed companies, managed complex large-scale projects, is well networked in Switzerland and internationally and fits perfectly into this young team of Swisscom Blockchain AG.” Chief digital officer at Swisscom Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler further stated regarding the new CEO onboarding announcement.

Lukas Hohl was appointed as new CEO not long after Swisscom Blockchain’s former CEO, Daniel Haudenschild, abruptly abandoned the position. Haudenschild became Crypto Valley Association’s president only a day after his official leave at Swisscom. Wüthrich-Hasenböhler has briefly run the Blockchain company as its acting CEO prior to Hohl’s onboarding.

In March 2019, Swisscom announced its collaboration with Deutsche Borse Group – a marketplace trading organizer – and Sygnum – a Singaporean digital assets management firm – to design a new compliant financial market infrastructure for digital assets.