Passing on the Concierge Bell – handover from FIND to SIF

CommunityPilot Project

After two years as a pilot project, the Financial Innovation Desk (FIND) has successfully completed its mission of connecting, inspiring and strengthening Switzerland’s financial innovation ecosystem. As of 1 September 2025, this mission will continue in an adapted form within the State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF).

Passing on the Concierge Bell – handover from FIND to SIF
Vénusia Bertin
Vénusia BertinCommunity and Events Lead

After two exciting years as a pilot project, the Financial Innovation Desk (FIND) has successfully fulfilled its mission: connecting, inspiring and strengthening Switzerland’s financial innovation ecosystem.

 On 1 September 2025, FIND will be transferred to the State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF) in an adapted form, continuing to promote financial innovation and to help strengthen Switzerland as a financial centre in international competition (full press release here). A new specialist unit – the Innovation Desk – will be established within SIF to take over this mission.

 

From that date, all updates will be available on the SIF website:

Innovation Desk 

New contact: innovation@sif.admin.ch

The FIND website, email addresses, social media channels will no longer be updated or maintained.

 

Over the past two years, we’ve been proud to act as the concierge of financial innovation – opening doors, connecting people and helping ideas find their place.

 
Just like in a Grand Hotel, our role was to anticipate needs, create seamless connections, contribute to an improved ecosystem, and ensure every stakeholder and guest – innovators, academics, regulators or entrepreneurs – felt welcomed, heard and supported.


And while we now pass on the bell, the story continues: it will keep ringing for a Swiss financial centre that stands as a true Grand Hotel of innovation.

Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey. It has been a privilege to connect, inspire and collaborate with you – and to light the pathway for financial innovation together.

 

Goodbye… and good luck!

 

Your FIND Team,

Eva, Vénusia & Adrian

 

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Passing on the Concierge Bell – handover from FIND to SIF. From left to right: Vénusia Bertin (FIND Community and Events Lead), Eva Selamlar (Head of FIND), Julie Tomka (Head of Capital Markets and Infrastructure, SIF), Adrian Bruggmann (FIND Innovation Concierge and Financial Analyst).

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FIND Team “walking the talk” on the Pathway… a wink to our “Pathway 2035 for Financial Innovation – Your Navigator” cover – this time in real life on Augstmatthorn / Suggiture  at 2’137m  above sea level in the Canton of Bern.

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