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Christian Meier

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CIO at YAPEAL
📍 Zurich, Switzerland

Christian is the Co-Founder and CIO of YAPEAL, a fintech company focused on simple and transparent financial services. A graduate of ETH Zürich, he has extensive experience as a business and application architect from his time at UBS, specializing in bridging the gap between business strategy and technology solutions.

He is passionate about exploring the intersection of innovation, technology, and society. As an "Idea Rocker" at fintechrockers, he actively engages in a community dedicated to discussing and developing new ideas in the financial technology space. He has also served as a guest lecturer at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich HWZ.

Christian won an internal creativity award at UBS for a hackathon project that used biometric authentication to protect personal data.

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Experience
33 Years
Current Role
CIO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Zurich, Switzerland
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Fintech Innovation
As the co-founder of a neo-bank and a member of the fintechrockers club, he is deeply involved in creating and discussing new financial technology ideas.
Business & IT Alignment
His career focus is on making the dependencies between business and IT transparent to ensure successful collaboration and project delivery.
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Career

Work history

5-2019
CIO
YAPEAL
1-2017
Idea Rocker
fintechrockers
6-2019 - 10-2025
Guest Lecturer
Hochschule für Wirtschaft Zürich HWZ
2-2006 - 6-2018
Business and Application Architect
UBS AG
8-1998 - 2-2006
Executive Director
UBS AG
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Education
1984 - 1985
Master's degree
ETH Zürich
1988 - 1991
Master
ETH Zürich
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