Bernadette Leuzinger

05/2023 – present Bitpanda VP, Compliance
05/2022 – 04/2023 Sabbatical
08/2017 – 04/2022 Crypto Finance (Asset Management) AG, part of the Crypto Finance Group
09/2014 – 07/2017 IBM Schweiz AG
Storage, System & Technology Group
10/2012 – 08/2014 Credit Suisse AG
09/2010 – 02/2011 Helsana Versicherungen AG Customer Service

EDUCATION
2011 – 2016 University of Zurich
Bachelor’s Degree in Banking & Finance (Summa cum Magna)
Bachelor’s Thesis: Blockchain and its Prospects in the Banking Industry

PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS
Bachelor's Thesis; "Blockchain and its Prospects in the Banking Industry"; 2016
Neue Zürcher Zeitung; supplement on investment funds; "Ein Gefäss für eine neue Anlageklasse", 22 January 2019
Clearit; journal for payment transaction by SIX Swiss Exchange; Interview about crypto asset investments; March 2019
Citywire Switzerland; "Why WMs should add crypto assets to traditional portfolios"; 21 March 2019 1
Asset-Allokation mit Kryptoassets; ISBN 978-3-527-51071-9; Martin Leinweber, Jörg Willig; Expert interview, November 2021
Various interviews for articles as well as radio about crypto assets, expert interviews for several bachelor’s and master’s thesis of several universities in Switzerland

EVENTS
International Funds Summit, Nicosia, November 2018, Speaker
SIX Swiss Exchange, DSX Business Insights, 28. March 2018, Speaker ICT Spring Luxembourg, 22 May 2019, Fireside Chat and Panellist
MIT Sloan Study Tour, 28. March 2019, Speaker
Kryptolunch, Financialmedia, 09. April 2019, Speaker
ALFI Switzerland Roadshow, 14. November 2019, Panellist
Bodensee Business Forum, 20. October 2021, Panellist
SBHACK, blockchain hackathon, November 2021, Jury member
Global WIN Conference, November 2021, Panellist
GreenBuzz Switzerland, Cryptocurrency & Sustainability – A Contradiction in Terms?, December 2021
Lectures for University St. Gallen MBA and University of Applied Sciences Zurich students
Several educational presentations on crypto assets for audiences with various backgrounds and know-how about crypto assets, including several bank 2