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SEALSQ Appoints Dr. Ballester Lafuente as Chief of Staff and Group AI Officer
Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SEALSQ Corp (NASDAQ: LAES) ("SEALSQ" or "Company"), a company that focuses on developing and selling
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[{"type":"text","content":"Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SEALSQ Corp (NASDAQ: LAES) (\"SEALSQ\" or \"Company\"), a company that focuses on developing and selling Semiconductors, PKI, and Post-Quantum technology hardware and software products, today announced the appointment of Dr. Ballester Lafuente as Chief of Staff and Group AI Officer. In this role, Dr. Ballester Lafuente will lead the integration of artificial intelligence across all SEALSQ group entities, driving operational efficiency, enabling smarter processes, and accelerating innovation across the company’s semiconductor, PKI, IoT, satellite and post-quantum product lines. He will play a central role in coordinating cross-company initiatives aimed at streamlining operations, improving execution, and embedding AI as a core engine for performance, differentiation, and sustainable growth. Before joining SEALSQ, Dr. Ballester Lafuente served as Head of IT Innovation at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), the Lausanne-based global business school where he led technology innovation strategy and workplace AI platforms. In this role, he transformed emerging technologies into practical solutions that reshaped how people work, learn, and collaborate. Prior to IMD, he was Technical Program Manager at the EPFL Center for Digital Trust (C4DT), where he operated at the nexus of academia, industry and international organizations, shaping digital trust initiatives and advancing collaborations in cybersecurity and digital governance. Earlier in his career, he co-founded MobileThinking SARL, a Geneva-based digital product studio; served as a European Project Manager at the University of Geneva overseeing EU-funded R&D projects in decentralized digital trust; and began his professional journey as an IT Security Auditor at S2 Grupo in Spain, conducting security audits and penetration tests for critical infrastructures. Dr. Ballester Lafuente holds a PhD in Management Information Systems from the University of Geneva, a joint MSc in Security and Mobile Computing from NTNU (Norway) and Aalto University (Finland), and an M.Eng. in Computer Science from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain). Dr. Ballester Lafuente, noted, “It is an honor to join SEALSQ as Chief of Staff and Group AI Officer. SEALSQ has established itself as a leader at the intersection of sem...