SIX appoints Bjørn Sibbern as Global Head Exchanges and Member of the Executive Board

SIX has appointed Bjørn Sibbern as Global Head Exchanges and Member of the Executive Board of SIX, due to take up the position on 1st January 2024. Currently serving as Executive Vice President and President of European Markets at Nasdaq, he boasts more than two decades’ experience operating across capital markets. He will replace Christoph Landis, who has headed up the exchange business of SIX on an interim basis since February 2023. Landis will return to his previous role as Head IT and member of the SIX Executive Board.

SIX appoints Bjørn Sibbern as Global Head Exchanges and Member of the Executive Board
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Bjørn Sibbern will head up the exchange business at SIX as a member of the SIX Executive Board (ExB) from 1st January 2024. He is a seasoned professional boasting an impressive track record of over 20 years operating in the global exchange arena for highly reputable institutions including Nasdaq. Bjørn Sibbern has experience managing large teams, with expertise in the fields of trading, funds, post-trade, listings, IPOs, data, index business and technology. He will be responsible for both the Swiss and Spanish Exchanges at SIX, as well as the digital exchange SDX.

Bjørn Sibbern, a Danish citizen, is currently serving as Executive Vice President and President of European Markets at Nasdaq. In this role, he leads Nasdaq markets and exchanges across Nordic and Baltic regions. He is also responsible for trading, listing, clearing, settlement and data businesses in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Iceland and the Baltic nations.

Prior to this, Bjørn Sibbern was Executive Vice President for Nasdaq’s Global Information Services (GIS), based in New York City, having previously led Nasdaq’s Global Commodities business and served as President of the Nasdaq Copenhagen Exchange. Earlier in his career, he managed Nasdaq’s Nordic Cash Equities and Derivatives Markets.

Before joining Nasdaq, he was Head of Trading at Stocknet Norway and CEO at E*TRADE Bank Denmark. He holds an Executive MBA, a Diploma in Business Administration and an MSc in Economics & Business Administration and Law from Copenhagen Business School.

Jos Dijsselhof, CEO SIX, said: “I am delighted that Bjørn, an experienced and very well-connected capital market specialist, will be joining SIX at such an exciting time in the company’s development. We have every confidence he will be key to driving the continued advancement of our exchange business, making a substantial contribution to the overarching growth strategy of the company. I would also like to thank Christoph Landis for leading the exchanges on an interim basis over the last few months – he has done a phenomenal job”.

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SIX provides and operates stable and efficient infrastructure for the Swiss and Spanish financial centers, thus ensuring access to the capital markets and the flow of information and money between financial market players. As a global provider of financial information, SIX delivers high-quality reference, pricing, corporate actions, and ESG data and provides regulatory services and indices to clients around the world. The company is owned by its users (more than 120 banks) with a workforce of 4,160 employees and a presence in 19 countries.
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