Luciano Rizza becomes Managing Director Financial Services at Adnovum

Luciano Rizza, Country Managing Director Switzerland at GFT Technologies, will take over as head of the Market Unit Financial Services at Adnovum effective June 1, 2024 and will become a member of the Global Leadership Team. With the appointment of the experienced industry expert, Adnovum is reaffirming its commitment to expanding its range of services for financial service providers.

The internationally active Swiss software company Adnovum has appointed Luciano Rizza, a renowned expert in the financial technology industry, as Managing Director of the new Financial Services Market Unit and a member of the Global Leadership Team. The company is thus underlining its focus on excellence and growth in a constantly changing market environment. Luciano Rizza has many years of experience in management positions and in supporting transformation processes in Swiss companies and in the international environment.

Under his leadership, the proven range of services in the area of ​​innovative and scalable technology solutions for the financial sector will be further expanded.

Thomas Zangerl, CEO of Adnovum, on the new member of the management team: “Luciano Rizza is very familiar with the challenges that rapid technological development brings for financial service providers. He has many years of experience in the successful design of transformation processes and the development of new strategic business offers. I am very pleased that we have been able to win him over for the further development of our company in the financial services sector.”

Luciano Rizza is looking forward to the new challenge: “Adnovum combines impressive technology expertise, relevant domain know-how and a strong service culture. This combination makes the company a premium partner for customers in the financial services industry in managing digital transformation. I look forward to taking on the challenge, together with my new colleagues, of exploiting the great growth potential in this area both in Switzerland and internationally.”

Luciano Rizza holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of Genoa and an Executive MBA from HSG and is a graduate of Harvard Business School. He has many years of management experience in international companies in the technology, financial services and consulting sectors. Before his position as Country Managing Director Switzerland at GFT Technologies, he held management positions at UBS, Accenture and Credit Suisse.