Alain Bichsel has headed up Marketing & Communications since April 2018. As part of this role, he is responsible for marketing, corporate communications and brand management at SIX. At the end of 2014, Alain Bichsel was appointed Head Corporate Communications at SIX, where he had already been responsible for Group-wide media relations since 2011. Prior to this, he was Head of Communications at FINMA (previously the Swiss Federal Banking Commission) from 2007 onward. Before joining FINMA, he held various management positions in Communications at the Swiss Bankers Association and a number of private organizations. Alain Bichsel is a Swiss national and holds a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Basel, Switzerland.