Under her long-standing leadership, Hypothekarbank Lenzburg advanced to the fintech vanguard. Marianne Wildi is retiring from the operational management of «Hypi.»

Marianne Wildi remains CEO of Hypothekenbank «Hypi» Lenzburg until the Annual General Meeting of 2024, as the regional bank in the Canton of Aargau, which has earned a name for itself throughout Switzerland as a fintech pioneer, reorganizes itself. The search for her successor has been initiated, according to an announcement Thursday.

Finstar Spinoff

Wildi, who is a computer scientist by training, will remain with Hypi. She's been nominated for the chairmanship of the bank's board of directors and will become chairman of Finstar, the IT company newly spun off from the bank.

Finstar was launched in 2000 and developed in-house as Hypi's core banking system and is now in use at various partner banks. In addition, Finstar, the basis for the bank's banking-as-a-service strategy, is being further expanded in the direction of embedded finance. The software partner companies will be supported by Finstar in the future, according to the statement. The head of Finstar will be Daniel Monras, who will also head the IT division of Hypothekarbank Lenzburg.

New Management Appointments

In conjunction with the departure of the CEO, other management changes were made. Manuela Spillmann takes over as head of services, succeeding André Renfer, who will focus on the Banking-as-a-Service and Embedded Finance businesses.

The Executive Board of Hypothekarbank Lenzburg is composed as follows:

Marianne Wildi (until the next Annual General Meeting in March 2024): CEO
Rolf Bohnenblust (current): Head of Risk Control
Roger Brechbühler (current): Head of Private and Corporate Clients
Reto Huenerwadel (current): Division Manager Market Services
Stefan Meyer (current): Division Manager Finance
Daniel Monras (new, as of October 1): Head of Information Technology
André Renfer (until September 30): Head of Partner Management/Services
Manuela Spillmann (new, as of October 1): Division Manager Services

Finstar Management (newly founded, subsidiary of Hypothekarbank Lenzburg):

Marianne Wildi Chairwoman of the Board of Directors
Daniel Monras Chief Executive Officer (CEO)