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Benjamin Staeheli - Chief Business Unit Officer in Zürich/Berne, Switzerland

Benjamin Staeheli

Executive banking operations leader specializing in transformation, BPaaS, and payments

PostFinanceUniversity of St. GallenZürich/Berne, Switzerland29 Years ExperienceExecutive LevelWorks On-Site

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Operator with private-equity-backed scaling experience who standardized and automated global service delivery into a centralized CoE model to improve scalability and unit economics. Led company-wide Toyota Kata adoption (100+ processes improved) and an enterprise AI implementation generating $10M net contribution, with strong PE board communication and metric-driven execution.

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Key Strengths

  • Scaled service delivery via global target operating model with centralized CoE to reduce marginal cost per client
  • Applied Toyota Kata to analyze and improve 100+ processes company-wide
  • Drove enterprise AI rollout delivering $10M USD net contribution
  • Built metric-driven operating plans iteratively (e.g., dropout + customer-driven metrics) for new online payment workflow reducing steps from 7 to 3
  • Experienced managing PE-level stakeholder communication with recurring board updates
  • Strategic prioritization tied to outcomes (prioritized price increases to grow recurring revenue despite customer satisfaction risk)

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Experience

Chief Business Unit OfficerPostFinance · Jan 2022 – Jan 2025
Group Head Global BPaaSAvaloq · Jan 2017 – Jan 2021
General Manager Banking OperationsB-Source · Jan 2008 – Jan 2017
Chief of Staff / Progressive leadership positionsCredit Suisse · Jan 1998 – Jan 2008
ConsultantAccenture · Jan 1996 – Jan 1998
ConsultantIMG AG · Jan 1996 – Jan 1998

Education

University of St. Gallendoctorate, Cross-cultural Management (2003)
University of St. Gallenmaster, Information Management (1995)

Skills

Operations ManagementP&L ManagementContract NegotiationBusiness DevelopmentScaling Delivery OrganizationsBanking OperationsPayment SolutionsPayments Product ManagementBusiness Process-as-a-Service (BPaaS)OutsourcingOffshoringTechnology ROIStrategy DevelopmentStrategy ExecutionBusiness Transformation

Languages

EnglishGermanItalianFrenchJapanese

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