Adrian Rast appointed new CIO at Switch
Adrian Rast will join Switch’s Management Board as Chief Information Officer (CIO) on 1 May 2027. He will take on responsibility for internal IT, the further development of digital identity solutions and participation in innovation projects within the European Research Area.
Adrian Rast brings with him many years of leadership and IT experience from the higher education and telecommunications sectors. Since 2017, he has been in charge of the IT infrastructure at the University of Zurich, where he serves as Deputy CIO. Prior to this, he held various management roles at Swisscom. His areas of expertise include the further development of IT infrastructures, including identity and access management, as well as technological and organisational change processes.
Shaping digital transformation together
As CIO, Adrian Rast works with the internal IT team to ensure that Switch can continue to offer its community reliable, secure and resilient services in the future, whilst further developing digital identity solutions and Switch’s participation in European research and innovation projects.
