Change of staff at fintech startup Aequitec
The new year begins at Aequitec AG with a change of baton at the top: former CPO Christian Wilk takes over CEO duties at the Zurich-based fintech startup.
Fintech startup Aequitec has appointed a man from its own ranks as its new CEO. Dr. Christian Wilk, co-founder and previous CPO at Aequitec, has been responsible for leading the Swiss company since January 1, 2022. Founded in 2020, Aequitec has developed a software platform that enables public companies to digitize their corporate processes. Public limited companies are thus given the opportunity to automate and digitally map corporate actions. This enables them, for example, to hold their general meetings digitally or hybrid and to digitize their share register with a global connection to the banking financial system.
Developed a working application within a few months
Christian Wilk brings to the position of CEO his many years of expertise in the areas of business development, project management and digital transformation, which he has gained as a consultant to universal and investment banks, as well as project work with R3 and Deon Digital in London and Zurich, among others. The previous CEO and founder, Johannes Schneebacher, will take on the role of authorized representative of the Board of Directors in the same course. He had founded Aequitec in 2020 - after a long career as general manager at Südtiroler Volksbank - together with Christian Wilk and Deon Digital AG and can look back on a successful startup phase. Under his leadership, a functioning application was developed from an idea within a few months, which is already being used successfully by the first customers after a successful test phase.
Change of staff paves the way for further growth
With the change of staff, Aequitec AG is positioning itself even more broadly for the future. Christian Wilk will continue to drive Aequitec's growth with his technical expertise in software development and his startup spirit, and will apply his know-how in particular to the further expansion of Aequitec's platform. In the future, Johannes Schneebacher will focus more on strategic orientation and development, such as the expansion of partnerships and the further financing of the company.
"We want to offer our customers and partners innovative solutions for today's company management. In this context, not least due to the ongoing Corona situation, many new perspectives have opened up that now need to be exploited efficiently. I look forward to continuing to work with my highly motivated, interdisciplinary team," explains Christian Wilk.
Source: Aequitec
