Press release: Leonteq appoints Christian Spieler as CEO

PRESS RELEASE | LEONTEQ APPOINTS CHRISTIAN SPIELER AS CEO 

Zurich, 6 February 2025 | Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 LR

Leonteq AG (SIX: LEON) today announced the appointment of Christian Spieler as Leonteq’s CEO effective 1 March 2025.

Christian Spieler (1967) is an accomplished leader in financial markets with structured products experience gained during his more than 25 years’ career across large global financial institutions in Frankfurt and London. He started his career working in various derivatives roles at JP Morgan, where he advanced to senior leadership positions with responsibility for the DACH region. In 2005, he moved to Lehman Brothers as Head of Capital Markets Germany and Austria. From 2008 to 2021, he served at Citigroup Global Markets as member of the Executive Board. During his tenure at Citi he was heading the equities, fixed income, FX and commodities efforts for German and Austrian clients and was responsible for warrants trading and sales Europe. 

Since 2022, Christian Spieler was an external advisor at Bain & Company with a focus on financial institutions and capital markets business-related projects and a senior advisor at 2RSq Services, London which offers a cloud-based software-as-a-service platform for investment management. A German national, Christian Spieler studied Economics and Mathematics at University of Frankfurt, UCLA, Stanford University and UC Berkley and obtained a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Bonn.

Christopher Chambers, Chairman of Leonteq, stated: “Christian brings comprehensive leadership experience in large international financial institutions where he delivered strategic growth initiatives, managed key regulatory relationships, and oversaw large-scale organizational transformations. He has deep knowledge in sales, structuring and trading of cross-asset derivatives and a proven track record in building high-performing teams as well as operational excellence.”

Christian Spieler, CEO designate of Leonteq, said: “Leonteq has great people, excellent technology, and a strong client franchise. It is an honour that the Board of Directors of Leonteq selected me to serve as CEO for the next phase of the company's evolution. I am excited to sustainably grow the business jointly with the leadership team and all of Leonteq's people to realize its full potential. Serving our clients and all our stakeholders with distinction, I’m convinced Leonteq will continue to be a leading provider of structured products in our markets.”

Christian Spieler will succeed Lukas Ruflin, who had announced his departure as CEO in July 2024.

“Lukas has been instrumental in Leonteq’s strategic development, he calmly guided the company through challenging periods, and we once again thank him for his leadership and what has been achieved during his tenure”, said Christopher Chambers.

Lukas Ruflin, CEO of Leonteq stated: “It has been a privilege to lead Leonteq as CEO over the last seven years, where we transformed the company into a strongly capitalised and increasingly diversified business. Despite recent challenges and disappointing share price performance, I am very optimistic for Leonteq and am convinced that Christian is the right person to lead Leonteq through the regulatory transition and into the next growth cycle.”

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LEONTEQ

Leonteq is a Swiss fintech company with a leading marketplace for structured investment solutions. Based on proprietary modern technology, the company offers derivative investment products and services and predominantly covers the capital protection, yield enhancement and participation product classes. Leonteq acts as both a direct issuer of its own products and as a partner to other financial institutions. Leonteq further enables life insurance companies and banks to produce capital-efficient, unit-linked pension products with guarantees. The company has offices and subsidiaries in 13 countries across Europe, Middle East and Asia. Leonteq AG has a BBB credit-rating by Fitch Ratings, was assigned with an AA ESG-rating by MSCI and is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX: LEON).

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