Wilhelm Rohde new CFO of Swisscard
The Board of Managing Officers (BMO) of Swisscard AECS GmbH has appointed Wilhelm Rohde as its new CFO. Wilhelm Rohde will join the management of the leading Swiss credit card company on November 1, 2018.
As of November 1, Wilhelm Rohde is the new CFO of Swisscard AECS. He has many years of international management experience in finance and strategy. Wilhelm Rohde started his career in the CFO area of the Asian headquarters of American Express. After holding various finance positions, he was responsible for all financial aspects of the global marketing budgets of the US and international consumer card business until the end of 2016. Since the beginning of 2017, he has been Vice President Strategic Business Development in the International Consumer Cards division in London. Prior to Amercian Express, Wilhelm Rohde worked in Germany for the consulting firms Deloitte and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young.
45-year-old Wilhelm Rohde studied business administration at the universities of Mannheim and Göttingen, specializing in finance and taxation. He later earned an MBA at the Insead business school in Singapore.
Former CFO Daniel Bürchler left Swisscard in May 2018 for new professional challenges. Since then, Stephan Lohnert took over the role of CFO on an interim basis, in addition to his traditional duties as Head of Treasury. Following the arrival of the new CFO, Stephan Lohnert will once again focus on managing Swisscard's Treasury department.
