Christian Hunziker, CEO of SwissICT since 2018, will leave the association at the end of May 2026 and take early retirement. The decision was made for personal reasons, according to a statement released on Wednesday.

Under Hunziker’s leadership, the association has grown significantly. Revenue from the salary study more than doubled, the number of participants at events increased to over 4'000, and the number of corporate memberships rose to more than 900 organizations. With over 2'100 members, SwissICT is the largest representative of the sector and the only association in Switzerland that brings together ICT providers, users, and professionals.

Significant Expansion of Services

At the same time, SwissICT introduced the Digital Excellence Checkup, followed by the Innovation Checkup and the Cloud Maturity Checkup, thereby expanding its portfolio of tools for companies to assess their digital maturity. For ICT professionals, additional offerings such as the SI Competence Check and the ICT Career Advisory were launched to support this member group. In cooperation with the Swiss Workers’ Relief Organization (SAH), SwissICT also won the Canton of Zurich’s 2025 public tender for the assessment of ICT job seekers.

The move into early retirement coincides with the transition in the SwissICT presidency, but the decisions are independent, as Christian Hunziker explains: «I would very much have liked to lead the association into its next phase. Unfortunately, developments in my private life over the past few weeks have prompted me to take the step into early retirement.» President Thomas Flatt had previously announced that after more than 20 years in office, he would not stand for another term.