Swisscom has appointed Balz Gut as head of its Banking Transformation unit. This appointment will be effective from September. The division advises banks on topics like digitisation, automation, industrialisation and sourcing. Additionally, Banking Transformation includes the e-foresight think tank, which observes and analyses developments and trends in digital banking for around 20 banks across the world. Earlier, Gut has served at senior positions for banks like Credit Suisse and J. Safra Sarasin for nearly 10 years. Recently, he was placed as an associate partner at the corporate consultancy Synpulse.