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Artur Michel is Senior Business Development Manager Digital Assets at PostFinance, a position he has held since October 2024, based in Bern, Switzerland. His stated focus is on bridging business and technology in the areas of blockchain and digital assets, with expertise spanning data and analytics, regulatory compliance, and project management.

Prior to PostFinance, Michel spent two and a half years as a Manager at Capgemini in Frankfurt am Main, from March 2022 to September 2024. He brings over ten years of total professional experience, including eight years in IT consulting. His academic background includes a Master of Science in Blockchain and Digital Assets from the Frankfurt School of Finance.

David Lips is Deputy Head Digital Assets at PostFinance, a position he has held since July 2022. In this role, his stated responsibilities include developing and implementing the corporate digital asset strategy and serving as customer journey owner for crypto trading.

Lips has been at PostFinance since September 2016, progressing through several roles. He served as Business Analyst from September 2016 to June 2018, then as Robotic Process Automation Manager from July 2018 to July 2020, working across domains including identity access management and dormant assets using tools such as BluePrism and Splunk. From August 2020 to November 2021 he was an ICT Requirements Engineer, with product ownership across online banking and payments. He then moved into the role of Innovation Manager Digital Assets from March 2021 to July 2022, focused on research, business case development, and intrapreneurship, before assuming his current position. Outside PostFinance, he has served as Finanzchef at Holzwerkstatt Oase GmbH since July 2011, responsible for bookkeeping at a family-run carpentry business, and as Gesellschafter und Geschäftsführer at physio bewegt gmbh since June 2020. He holds a MSc in Business Administration from the University of Bern and holds the CDAA® certification.

Florian Baumann is a Business Analyst at PostFinance within the Consulting department, a position he has held since September 2022. His LinkedIn profile identifies him additionally as an Innovation Manager with a focus on DLT and Web3, operating across VNTR and PostFinance.

Prior to PostFinance, Baumann worked as a Business Analyst Operations Supply Chain at Cleveron AG from August 2021 to September 2022. Before that, he served on the board of VSBFH, the student association of Berner Fachhochschule, where he was responsible for campus development from May 2020 to July 2021. Earlier in his career he worked as a Polymechaniker at NOBAG Nobs Engineering AG and completed both an apprenticeship and a subsequent professional role as Polymechaniker at Rychiger AG between 2013 and 2018, where he worked in the trades department. His career history reflects a transition from precision mechanical engineering into operations and business analysis roles, culminating in his current position in financial services.