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Christina Kehl is an entrepreneur, board chair and, since 2017, a member of the Digital Transformation Advisory Board for the Swiss Federal Council. A lawyer by training, she helped build Switzerland's fintech scene. Today she works on how AI is changing work, through the Innovationsverband Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt (ISA), the Graduate School of Applied Technology & Management and ATLASS Technology.

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Christina Kehl is an entrepreneur, board chair and lawyer by training. In 2013 she came to Zurich as co-founder and COO of the insurance start-up Knip. In 2014 she co-founded Swiss Finance Startups, Switzerland's first fintech association, which she led as managing director from 2016. Since 2017 she has been a member of the Digital Transformation Advisory Board for the Swiss Federal Council. Since 2023 she has focused on how people and companies get ready for working with AI: as co-founder and managing director of the Innovationsverband Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt (ISA), chair of the management board of the Graduate School of Applied Technology & Management and chair of the board of ATLASS Technology. She was named one of the Top 100+ Women in AI, Data & Robotics: Switzerland 2026.

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Christina Kehl was born in Germany and studied law in Würzburg, Helsinki and Oxford. She founded her first company, an education consultancy, at the age of 19. After working in the start-up scenes of Berlin and London, she came to Zurich in 2013 as co-founder and COO of the mobile insurance broker Knip. In 2014 she co-founded Swiss Finance Startups, Switzerland's first fintech association, and led it as managing director from 2016. For around ten years she represented start-ups towards policymakers, banks and regulators. From 2020 to 2024 she served on the board of directors of Globalance Bank and initiated and led the CAS Digital Insurance at HWZ University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration Zurich from 2017 to 2020. Since 2017 she has been a member of the Digital Transformation Advisory Board for the Swiss Federal Council, appointed as its youngest member. At the end of 2022 she refocused her work on artificial intelligence and the labour market. Today she is co-founder, board member and managing director of the Innovationsverband Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt (ISA), co-founder and chair of the management board of the Graduate School of Applied Technology & Management, and chair of the board of ATLASS Technology. She speaks regularly about AI, work and entrepreneurship and was named one of the Top 100+ Women in AI, Data & Robotics: Switzerland 2026.

Facts

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Name: Christina Kehl

Roles: Chair of the board, ATLASS Technology AG; chair of the management board, Graduate School of Applied Technology & Management; board member and managing director, Innovationsverband Schweizer Arbeitsmarkt (ISA); member, Digital Transformation Advisory Board for the Swiss Federal Council

Topics: AI and work, workforce transformation, employability, entrepreneurship, fintech, digital sovereignty

Education: Law (Würzburg, Helsinki, Oxford)

Languages: German, English

Based in: Zurich, Switzerland

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christinakehl

Awards

2026: Forbes Schweiz: Porträt «Zukunftslust verbreiten» (Forbes)

2026: Top 100+ Women in AI, Data & Robotics: Switzerland (ETH AI Center and Greater Zurich Area)

2017: Women in Fintech Global Top 100 Powerlist (Women in Fintech)

2017: 12 women leading the way in the fintech world (BBVA)

2017: Swiss Fintech Influencer of the Year (Swiss Fintech Awards)

2016: Women in Fintech Powerlist (Innovate Finance)

2016: Women of Europe: 100 Successful Female Founders (Forbes)

2016: European Fintech Award Insurtech (fintech.nl, with Knip)

2016: Swiss Fintech Award (Finanz und Wirtschaft, with Knip)

2016: FemTechLeader (Carlisle & Gallagher)

2015: Die 7 Aufsteigerinnen der Finanzbranche Schweiz (finews.ch)

2015: 40 under 40 (Women in Business)

2015: Die 30 wichtigsten digitalen Köpfe der Schweiz (Handelszeitung)

2015: Top 100 Swiss Startups (Knip) (Venture Lab)

2015: Die führenden Fintech-Köpfe der Schweiz (finews.ch)

Media coverage (selection)

Forbes Schweiz, issue 9/10-2026: «Zukunftslust verbreiten», Profile by Klaus Fiala, pp. 68–71 (German)

netzwoche.ch, 13 June 2017: «Bundesrat gründet Beirat «Digitale Transformation»», German

Le Temps, 18 April 2017: «Christina Kehl, porte-voix des fintech suisses», French

netzwoche.ch, 9 May 2016: «Swiss Finance Startups holt sich Knips Christina Kehl», German

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