Wealth management, insurance and banking technology provider Finantix has appointed Christine Ciriani as its chief executive.

She will assume the role and responsibilities alongside that of her existing position as chief commercial officer, to which she was appointed in October 2019.

Co-founder and former chief executive Ralf Emmerich will now take on the role of executive chairman, overseeing board activities and product strategy.

Ciriani’s appointment follows the acceleration of Finantix’s growth strategy after the investment by Motive Partners in February 2019, when she joined the board as a non-executive director.

Since her appointment as CCO, Ciriani has focused on talent acquisition, commercial strategy and market positioning. She has overseen the expansion of the firm’s geographic footprint in core markets across Europe and Asia Pacific, opening new offices in Switzerland, Japan and Australia.

She also played a key role in the recent acquisition of InCube Group, an artificial intelligence and data science-based solution provider based in Zurich.

Ciriani previously held senior leadership roles in wealth management and professional services at Capco, Detica and JP Morgan.

She commented: "My new role as CEO will see me continue to work with our talented team to drive the next phase of our growth, and to ensure that both our integrated and point solutions are rapidly adopted in the market to deliver the data-enabled, digitally-connected, and content-rich services today’s clients demand.”

Emmerich added: “Now is the ideal time for me to hand over the reins to Christine so she can continue to build on the strong foundations we have created, this will in turn allow me to focus even more on the overall product strategy as part of our ambitious organic and inorganic growth plan."

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