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Prof. Dr. Peter Gomez
Chairman of the Board Swiss Financial Market Services
Prof. Dr. Peter Gomez has been Chairman of the Board of Swiss Financial Market Services since beginning of 2008. He
previously held the same post at the SWX Group since 5 May 2006. Since 2005 he has been the Dean
of the Executive School of Management, Technology and Law at the University of St. Gallen, a
position that he continues to hold. He has been a full professor of business economics since 1990
and headed the university as its rector from 1999 through 2005. Apart from his academic credentials,
he also has experience in the entrepreneurial world. He was a member of the Executive Committees
of Ringier and the Distral Group, as well as a founding partner of Valcor AG, Küsnacht, a consulting
firm specialising in strategic management and M&A.
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Dr. Urs Rüegsegger
CEO Swiss Financial Market Services
Dr Urs Rüegsegger has been the CEO of Swiss Financial Market Services since beginning of 2008. Prior to this, he held the
position of Head of the Executive Committee of St. Galler Kantonalbank. He joined the bank in 1993
as Head of Controlling, Accounting and Risk Management and was appointed to the Executive Committee
in 1997. In 2000 he took charge of the IPO project, which was successfully launched in 2001. As Head
of the Executive Committee of St. Galler Kantonalbank he also held various positions with the
Association of Swiss Cantonal Banks since 2001. After completing his business studies at the
University of St. Gallen, Urs Rüegsegger started his career at Swiss Re in the area of IT. He was
deeply involved in the development of commercial applications and the restructuring of Swiss Re's
service branch. He transferred to St. Galler Kantonalbank in late 1993 after assuming financial
responsibility for Audatex, the international subsidiary group.
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Dr. Heinrich Henckel
CEO Division Cash Markets
Heinrich Henckel was appointed to the Management Committee of the SWX Swiss Exchange in 1998 and has
been Head of the Management Committee since December 2000. He is also responsible for the Cash
Market division at Swiss Financial Market Services, which includes the SWX Swiss Exchange and its affiliate SWX Europe
(former virt-x), a London-based international stock exchange, as well as the market data provider
EXFEED. He was a member of the SWX Group Executive Committee and a member of several Boards of
Directors within the SWX Group (Eurex, Scoach, virt-x and Exfeed). For a period of three years
ending in 1998, Heinrich Henckel was a lawyer with Baker & McKenzie in Hong Kong, Jakarta and
Zurich. Prior to this, he was a legal expert on the Swiss Admission Board and at Credit Suisse.
Heinrich Henckel studied law at the University of Fribourg and acquired his solicitor's degree in
the Canton of Zurich. He acquired his doctorate at the University of Fribourg and is the author of
various publications dealing with stock-market trading and the capital market.
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