{"id":23444,"date":"2026-07-01T14:56:43","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T12:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/?post_type=news&#038;p=23444"},"modified":"2026-07-01T15:14:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T13:14:51","slug":"infinigate-appoints-kai-grunwitz-as-chief-growth-officer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/en\/news\/infinigate-appoints-kai-grunwitz-as-chief-growth-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Infinigate appoints Kai Grunwitz as Chief Growth Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"media-content wp-block media-content--left media-content--media-type--image has-gray-25-background-color has-background alignfull\">\n    <div class=\"media-content__inner\">\n        <div class=\"media-content__content\">\n                                <h2 class=\"media-content__heading\">In this executive role, Kai will lead Infinigate\u2019s strategic growth agenda, advancing value creation for the Group and its vendor and channel partners across EMEA and ANZ.<\/h2>\n            \n            \n            <p><strong>Rotkreuz, Switzerland, 01\/07\/2026 <\/strong>\u2013 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/\">Infinigate Group<\/a>, a leading technology platform and trusted advisor in Cybersecurity, Cloud and Network Infrastructure, has appointed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kaigrunwitz\/\">Kai Grunwitz<\/a> as Chief Growth Officer (CGO), reinforcing the company\u2019s commitment to scaling its growth strategy and deepening value for vendors and channel partners.<\/p>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"media-content__media\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/07\/Kai_Grunwitz_625x625.jpg\" class=\"attachment-super size-super\" alt=\"Kai Grunwitz - neuer CGO (Chief Growth Officer)\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 50vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/07\/Kai_Grunwitz_625x625.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/07\/Kai_Grunwitz_625x625-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/07\/Kai_Grunwitz_625x625-150x150.jpg 150w\" \/>            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide wp-block-paragraph\">As CGO, Kai will be responsible for advancing some of Infinigate\u2019s most important strategic growth priorities, including strengthening the company\u2019s vendor portfolio, expanding differentiated services and solutions, enhancing partner value creation, and elevating Infinigate\u2019s marketing and brand leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alignwide wp-block-paragraph\">A seasoned business leader and technology executive with deep expertise in cybersecurity and digital transformation, Kai brings more than 30 years of experience leading high-performing organisations across the global IT industry. Throughout his career, he has successfully driven business growth, transformation, and innovation at scale. He has a strong track record of international leadership, with senior roles at Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and NTT DATA. His previous positions include Chief Executive Officer of NTT Germany, Senior Vice President of NTT Security EMEA, and Head of Transformational Portfolio, Innovation and Alliances at NTT DATA EMEA. Most recently, he served as President of Kyndryl Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/07\/chief_kai-grunwitz.jpg\" alt=\"kai grunwitz - chief growth officer\" class=\"wp-image-47091\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kai Grunwitz<br>Chief Growth Officer (CGO) of Infinigate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am delighted to join Infinigate at such a pivotal time for the cybersecurity industry. As AI transforms the technology landscape and reshapes cyber risk, the role of specialized value-added distribution has never been more critical. With its market-leading portfolio, extensive vendor ecosystem, and strong thought leadership, Infinigate is uniquely positioned to help vendors and channel partners capture the opportunities ahead. I am honoured to join the company and excited to work with our teams, vendors, and partners to accelerate growth and further strengthen Infinigate\u2019s leadership in the cybersecurity channel.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201eMarco van Kalleveen, CEO of Infinigate Group, said: \u201cKai\u2019s appointment is a significant milestone for Infinigate as we continue to execute our ambitious growth strategy. The Chief Growth Officer role is central to advancing our strategic priorities, and Kai brings the leadership experience, market insight and industry credibility to help us further strengthen our position as the leading cybersecurity VAD platform. We are delighted to welcome him to the business.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/de\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2026\/02\/marcovankalleveen-ceo-infinigate-group.jpg\" alt=\"Marco van Kalleveen CEO Infinigate Group\" class=\"wp-image-38630\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marco van Kalleveen<br> CEO of the Infinigate Group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this executive role, Kai will lead Infinigate\u2019s strategic growth agenda, advancing value creation for the Group and its vendor and channel partners across EMEA and ANZ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":23439,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"technologies":[],"news-type":[],"news_folder":[],"class_list":["post-23444","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":23444},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Infinigate | Switzerland","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch","push-errors":false,"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23459,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23444\/revisions\/23459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"technologies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/technologies?post=23444"},{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23444"},{"taxonomy":"news_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_folder?post=23444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}