Board of Directors

Dr. Thomas Wellauer (Chairman)

Swiss citizen, Chairman of the Board since 15 March 2020, elected until 2023. Education: PhD in Chemical Engineering, ETH Zurich. Master in Business Economics, University of Zurich.

Career

1986-1991 Consultant, 1991-1996 Partner, 1996-1997 Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, Zurich, Tokyo and New York. 1997-2000 CEO, Winterthur Insurance and Member of the Group Executive Board, Credit Suisse, Zurich. 2000-2002 CEO, Credit Suisse Financial Services and Member of the Group Executive Board, Credit Suisse, Zurich. 2003-2006 Head Clariant Performance Improvement Program, Clariant, Muttenz/Basel. 2006-2010 Head Corporate Affairs and Member of the Group Executive Board, Novartis, Basel. 2010-2019 Group Chief Operating Officer and Member of the Group Executive Committee, Swiss Re, Zurich. 

Further Activities and Mandates

• Chairman of the Board of Trustees, University Hospital Zurich Foundation, Zurich
• Chairman, International Chamber of Commerce Switzerland, Zurich
• Member of the Supervisory Board, Aegon N.V., Den Haag
• Member of the Board, Economiesuisse, Zurich

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Herbert J. Scheidt (Vice Chairman)

German and Swiss citizen, member of the Board since 1 January 2008, elected until 2023. Education: MBA, University of New York; BA & MA in Economics, University of Sussex

Career

1982–1986 Various management positions at Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt and Essen. 1986–1990 Head of Eurobond Capital Market Team, Vice-President, Deutsche Bank Capital Corporation, New York. 1990–1993 Head of Corporate Finance, Director, Deutsche Bank Italy, Milan. 1993–1996 Head of Distribution, Managing Director, Private Banking division, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt. 1996–2000 Head of Private Banking Europe and Middle East, Deputy CEO, Deutsche Bank (Suisse) S.A., Geneva. 2000 Head of Private Banking International, Deutsche Bank Group, Geneva, and member of Group Executive Committee, Wealth Management, Frankfurt. 2001 CEO, Deutsche Bank (Suisse) S.A., Geneva. 2002–May 2011 CEO, Vontobel Group, Zurich. Since May 2011 Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bank Vontobel AG and Vontobel Holding AG, Zurich.

Further Activities and Mandates

• Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Hero AG, Lenzburg

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Belén Romana García

Spanish citizen, member of the Board since 1 November 2020, elected until 2023. Career: Business and Economics, Autonomous University Madrid. Executive Program on Disruptive Technologies, Singularity University, California. Executive Program Digital Business, The Valley Digital School.

Career

1988–1989 Fraser Consulting, Germany. 1989–1991 Fixed Income Trader, Bestinver S.A., Spain. 1994–2003 Senior Economist at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Spain: 2000–2003 General Director for Economic Policy. 2003–2005 Head of the Spanish Treasury. 2005–2008 Chief Economist, Circulo de Empresarios. 2003–2005 Director of Strategy and Corporate Development, ONO (Telecommunication), Spain. 2010–2012 Secretary General, Circulo de Empresarios. 2012–2015 President (Executive and Chair of the Board), Sareb, Spain. 

Further Activities and Mandates

• Member of the Board of Directors, Bolsas y Mercados Españoles
• Advisor to TribalData
• Chair of the Global Board of Trustees, «Digital Future Society», Barcelona
• Member of the Board of Directors, Aviva Italy, plc, London
• Member of the Board of Directors, Santander Group, Madrid
• Advisor to Arta Capital, Madrid
   

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Dr. Jürg Bühlmann

Swiss national, member of the Board since 20 May 2016, elected until 2023. Education: Graduate degree in business administration (magna cum laude) and Ph.D. (magna cum laude), University of Zurich. Stanford Executive Program, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Senior Executive Programme, London Business School.

Career

Joined Zürcher Kantonalbank in 1993, initially in the Executive Board unit (Controlling and Business Development); 1997–1998 Corporate Customers unit, Member of Management; 1998–2000 Head of Controlling Development, Member of Management; 2000–2002 Head of Controlling, Member of Management. From 2002 Member of Management in Logistics IT: 2002–2004 Head of Application Engineering Bank Management; 2004–2007 Head of Project Management; 2008–2009 Head of IT Projects and Development (Change the Bank), 2009–2011 Head of IT Project Management. 2011–2012 Head of Real Estate, Logistics unit. 2012-2019 Head of IT, Operations & Real Estate Business Unit (Member of the Executive Board). From 2020 Head of Corporate Clients and Member of the Executive Board.

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Lorenz von Habsburg Lothringen

Austrian and Belgian citizen, member of the Board since 16 May 2014, elected until 2023. Education: Graduate degree in Business Management from the Universities of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Innsbruck, Austria.

Career

E. Gutzwiller & Cie Banquiers, Basel: Since 1987 Director, since 1990 General Partner with unlimited liability and since 2021 limited Partner of E. Gutzwiller & Cie, Banquiers, Basel.

Further Activities and Mandates

• Member of the Board, Worldline

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David Jiménez-Blanco Carrillo de Albornoz

Spanish citizen, member of the Board since 1 November 2020, elected until 2023. Education: B. Sc. Economics and Business, CUNEF, Complutense University of Madrid.

Career

1986–1988 Analyst and Fund Manager, Banif de Inversiones y Finanzas S.A., Madrid. 1988–1989 Equity Sales, Drexel Burnham Lambert, Madrid. 1989–1995 Associate, Vice President and Director, Salomon Brothers International, London. 1995–2006 various positions at Goldman Sachs International: Executive Director Investment Banking, London (1995–2000), Managing Director and Co-Head of the Spanish Investment Banking Team, Madrid (2000–2004), Head of European Industrials Group, London (2004 – 2006). 2006–2009 President and CEO, Merill Lynch Capital Markets España, Madrid. 2010–2013 Co-Founder and Partner, BK Partners. 2013–2016 Chief Financial Officer, World Duty Free Group. 2016–2020 Chief Restructuring and Strategy Officer, Abengoa S.A.

Further Activities and Mandates

• Chairman of the Board, Member of the Investment Committee, Gawa Capital Partners, SGEIC, S.A.
• Chairman of the Board, Madrid Stock Exchange
• Vice Chairman of the Board, Bolsas y Mercados Españoles S.A.
• Member of the Board, Chairman of the Audit Committee, Arima Real Estate Socimi S.A.
• Member of the Board of Trustees, Fundación Pablo Horstmann

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Søren Mose

Danish and Swiss citizen, member of the Board since 16 May 2014, elected until 2023. Education: MBA, Henley Management College in the UK and H.D., Aarhus Business University in Denmark.

Career

1985–1987 Trader, Investment department, Jyske Bank, Denmark. 1988–1992 Director, HNWI department, Jyske Bank, Denmark. 1992–2002 Head of Private Banking, Deputy CEO and member of the Board of Directors, Jyske Bank (Gibraltar) Ltd. 2002–2007 CEO Jyske Bank (Switzerland) AG. 2007– November 2014 CEO Saxo Bank (Switzerland) AG.

Further Activities and Mandates

• Member of the Board of Directors, BlackRock Asset Management Switzerland AG
• Member of the Board of Directors, Tissot Velodrome Suisse AG, Grenchen
• Chairman of the Board of Directors, TWINT AG, Zurich
• Chairman, Altoo AG Zug
• Member of the Board of Directors, SIX Exchange Regulation, Zurich 
• Chairman, Twint Acquiring AG, Zurich
• Chairman, SIX Securities Sevices AG
• Chairman, SIX X-Clear AG
• Chairman, SIX SIS AG

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Dr. Jürg Gutzwiller

Swiss citizen, member of the Board since May 20, 2019, elected until 2023. Education: Licentiate (equivalent to Master’s degree) in German and history, University of Basel, and Ph.D. Postgraduate degree in human resources (SNP-HWV).

Career

1987–1990 Employee then Head of the organizational unit of the Executive Board, Schweizerischer Bankverein. 1990–1993 Project Manager, Management Consulting, KPMG Fides (previously Häusermann AG). 1995–2002 Head Human Resources Management, Member of Management, RBA-Dienste AG. 2002–2007 Member of the Executive Board, RBA-Holding AG, and CEO, RBA Dienste AG. 2007–2009 Member of the Executive Board, RBA-Holding AG, and Deputy CEO, as well as Head Management Services, Entris Banking AG. 2009–2014 Member of the Executive Board, Department Head and Secretary to the Board of Directors, RBA-Holding AG. 2014–2015 Delegate to the Board of Directors and CEO, RGA-Holding AG, and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Entris Banking AG. Since 2015 CEO, Entris Holding AG and Entris Banking AG (previously RBA-Holding).

Further Activities and Mandates

• President of the Association of Swiss Regional Banks, Gümligen
• Member of the Board of Directors, Swiss Bankers Association, Basel
• Member of the University Council of the University of Basel, Basel

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André Helfenstein

Swiss and British citizen, elected until 2023. Education: Master’s degree in business, University of St. Gallen, and certificate in psychology and sociology, Université de la Sorbonne.

Career

André Helfenstein has many years of national and international management experience in the finance and banking sector. He is CEO of Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd. and a member of the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Group AG. He is thus responsible for the bank’s business in the Swiss region. André Helfenstein has been with the bank for over 14 years, holding various management positions in different areas of the private clients business as well as in the corporate and institutional clients business. Before joining Credit Suisse he spent more than ten years with Boston Consulting Group, most recently as a Partner and Managing Director.

Further Activities and Mandates

• Member of the Board of Trustees, Pension Fund of Credit Suisse Group (Switzerland) 
• Member of the Board of Trustees, Pension Fund 2 of Credit Suisse Group (Switzerland) 
• Member of the Board of Trustees, Credit Suisse Foundation 
• Member of the Private Banking Panel, FINMA 
• Member of the Board of Trustees, Swiss Entrepreneurs Foundation
• Member of the Steering Committee, Europa Forum Luzern
  
• Member of the Advisory Board, University of St. Gallen – Center for Financial Services Innovation
• Vice president of the Board, Venture Incubator AG

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Andy Kollegger

Swiss citizen, member of the Board since 26 April 2021, elected until 2023. Education: Swiss Certified Banking Specialist. Stanford Executive Program. 

Career

Since 1998 in leading positions at UBS, since 2003 Managing Director: 1998–1999 Global Head Securities Lending Risk Management, UBS Investment Bank, London. 1999–2000 Head Collateral Management, UBS Investment Bank. 2000–2005 Head Equity Finance Switzerland and Global Co-Head Securities Lending, UBS Investment Bank. 2005–2010 Global Co-Head Client Execution Services, UBS Investment Bank. 2010–2011 Global Head Platform Distribution Capital Markets. 2011–2015 Global Head Bank for Banks Relationships. 2015–2017 Head Corporate & Institutional Clients (CIC) International. 2017–2018 Head Corporate & Institutional Clients (CIC) International & Transaction Services. Since 2018 Head Corporate & Institutional Clients (CIC) International and Member of the Executive Management of UBS Switzerland. 

Further Activities and Mandates

• Member of the Bretton Woods Committee
• Member of the Board, VSUD (Vereinigung Schweizerischer Unternehmen in Deutschland)

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Dr. Romeo Lacher

Swiss citizen, member of the Board from 1 January 2008 to 10 January 2017, Chairman of the Board from 10 January 2017 to 15 March 2020. Education: Graduate degree and Ph.D. in Business Administration, University of St. Gallen; AMP, Harvard Business School, Boston.

Career

From 1990 until 2016 at Credit Suisse in various management roles: 2004–2015 Member of the Private Banking Management Committee; 2004–2011 Global Head of Private Banking Operations; 2012–2014 Head Private Banking Western Europe. 2014–2015 Head Private Banking Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). 2016 Chief Operating Officer of the International Wealth Management Division and Member of the IWM Management Committee. 

Pierre-Olivier Bouée

French citizen, member of the Board from 20 May to 6 December 2019. Education: Master of Science in Finance from École des hautes études commerciales, Paris. Master Corporate Law from Faculté de droit Jean Monnet, Paris. Post-Graduate in civil service at École nationale d’administration, Paris.

Career

1997–2000 Treasury Department, Ministry of Economy and Finance. 2000–2004 Associate Principal, McKinsey & Company. 2004–2008 Director Group Strategy and Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Aviva plc. 2008–2015 Number of executive level positions, including Group Chief Risk Officer and Chief of Staff to CEO, Prudential plc. 2015–2019 Chief Operating Officer Credit Suisse.

Urs Beeler

Swiss citizen, member of the Board from 19 May 2017 to 20 May 2019. Education: Banking Specialist, Commercial School of the Chamber of Commerce, Zurich; various educational programs, including: Studies in Economics and Administration, Institute for Financial Analysis (IFFA), Zurich and Mathematics and Statistics, Lucerne University of Applied Sciences - Institute for Financial Services Zug (IFZ), Zug.

Career

Since 1997 at Credit Suisse AG in Zurich: 1997–2001 Head Asset & Liability Management / Money Market, Business Unit Credit Suisse Retail Banking; 2001–2005 Head Asset & Liability Management / Interest Rate Risk Management, CS Financial Services; 2005–2008 Treasury Mandate as Head Asset & Liability Management and Investment Banking Mandate as Head Short-term Interest Rate & Interest Rate Products Trading Switzerland; 2008–2010 Co-Head Fixed Income Trading Switzerland; 2011–2015 Head Fixed Income Trading Switzerland. 2015–2017: Head Trading Switzerland of Credit Suisse AG, Zurich; 2017–2018 Head International Trading Solutions Switzerland; 2016–2018 Member of the Management Board of Credit Suisse (Switzerland) AG, Zurich. Since 2018 Head Banking Book Oversight.

Dr. Patrick Gisel

Swiss citizen, term of office from 16 May 2014 to 13 November 2018. Education: Business Management and Ph.D. at the University of St. Gallen. 

Career

1987–1993 Swiss Bank Cooperation, Zurich. 1993-1994 Consultant at The Boston Consulting Group, Zurich. 1994–1999 Department Head at the Union Bank of Switzerland / UBS, Zurich. Raiffeisen Switzerland Cooperative, St. Gallen: 2000–2005 Head of the Corporate Development, Finance and IT Department, 2002–2015 Vice Chairman of the Executive Board and from 2005 to 2015 Market Department Head. From October 2015 to 12 November 2018 CEO of Raiffeisen Switzerland.

Dr. Barbara Kessler

Swiss national, term of office from 26 May 2011 to 21 May 2016. Education: Graduate degree in Economics from the University of St. Gallen; Ph.D. in Social and Economic Sciences from Vienna University of Economics and Business; federally certified Swiss tax expert.

Career

1979–1993 Tax advisor, partner of the tax department, Arthur Andersen AG, Zurich. 1993–2002 Head of the tax department, Zurich Financial Services, Zurich. 2003–2016 Head of Tax and Insurance, Novartis International AG, Basel.

Dr. Philipp Halbherr

Swiss citizen, term of office from 20 September 2008 to 21 May 2016. Education: Graduate degree and Ph.D. in Economics, University of Zurich.

Career

1983–1987 National research program No. 9 “Econo­mic development,” assistant to head of program. 1984–1987 Lecturer, HWV, Zurich. 1977–2003 Various lec­turing assignments, University of Zurich. 1987–1989 Research grant from Swiss National Science Foundation, Stanford University, USA. Zürcher Kantonalbank, Zurich: 1995–2000 Head of Central Risk Controlling. 1991–2002 Head of Economics. 1999–2004 Head of Treasury. 2002–2005 Head of Financial Management. 2005–2008 Head of the Finance business unit. 2008-2014 Head of Institutionals & Multinationals (formerly Investment Banking).

Hermann Wirz

Swiss citizen, term of office from 27 October 2009 to 21 May 2016. Education: Business Administration. Program for Executive Development, IMD, Lausanne

Career

1968–1969 Financial and Management Accounting, Elektrizitätswerk Luzern, Switzerland. 1969–1971 Management Accounting, Shell Switzerland. 1972 Internship Factory Administration, Nestlé England and Spain. 1973–1979 Head of Factory Administration, Industrial Accounting and Budgeting, Nestlé Venezuela. 1980–1984 Manager Operational Control Latin America, Nestec Switzerland. 1984–1989 Director Financial & Control, Nestlé Peru. 1989–1995 Director Finance & Control, Nestlé Venezuela. 1995–2000 Executive Vice President and CEO, Nestlé Mexico. 2001–2013 Chief Accounting Officer, Nestlé SA, Switzerland. 2014 Group Finance Nestlé SA.  

Dr. Thomas P. Gottstein

Swiss citizen, member of the Board from 11 December 2019 to 12 May 2020. Education:  Degree in Business Administration and Economics, University of Zurich. Ph.D. in Finance and Accounting, University of Zurich.

Career

Prior to 1999 Group Controlling, Zurich and Telecoms Investment Banking and Equity Capital Markets, London, UBS. 1999–2002 Investment Banking Department Switzerland, Credit Suisse. 2002–2005 Head Equity Capital Markets Switzerland, Zurich, Credit Suisse. 2005–2007 Head Equity Capital Markets Switzerland, Austria and Scandinavia, London, Credit Suisse. 2007–2009 Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets EMEA, Credit Suisse. 2010–2013 Head of Investment Banking Coverage Switzerland, Credit Suisse. 2014–2015 Head of Premium Clients Switzerland & Global External Asset Managers, Credit Suisse. 2015–2020 CEO Swiss Universal Bank. 2016–2020 CEO Credit Suisse (Switzerland). Since 2020 Chief Executive Officer Credit Suisse.

Stefan Helfenstein

Swiss citizen, member of the Board from May 2016 until November 2020. Education: Graduate degree in Business Management, University of St. Gallen. Program for Executive Development, IMD Lausanne.

Career

1992–1995 Assistant Finance, Hirz Frischprodukte AG. 1995–1998 International Auditor, Nestec SA. 1999–2000 Corporate Controller, Osem group of companies Israel. 2000–2003 Finance Controller, Shanghai Fuller Foods Co, Ltd, China. 2003–2005 Finance Controller (CFO), Nestlé Taiwan Ltd. 2005–2008 Corporate Controller, Nestlé China Ltd.; 2008–2013 Head of Finance & Control (CFO), Nestlé Greater China Region. Since 2013 Head of Group Accounting & Reporting (Senior Vice President) Nestlé AG Switzerland.

Shannon Thyme Klinger

US citizen, member of the Board from May 2016 until November 2020. Education: University of Notre Dame (USA), B.A. in Psychology; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA), School of Law, J.D. with Honours.

Career

1996–2005 Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, and Washington, DC, USA. 2005–2007 Vice‐President, Marketing Compliance and Associate Counsel, Barr Laboratories/Duramed Pharmaceuticals, Washington, DC, USA. 2008–2010 Senior Vice President and General Counsel NAFTA, Solvay Pharmaceuticals Inc, Marietta, GA, USA. 2010–2011 Partner Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, DC. 2011–2012 General Counsel North America Sandoz Inc., Princeton, NJ, USA. 2012–2016 Global Legal Head and General Counsel, Sandoz International GmbH, Holzkirchen, Germany. 2016–2018 Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer and Head of Litigation Novartis, Basel. Since 1 April 2018 Member of the Executive Committee of Novartis and since 1 June 2018 Group General Counsel of Novartis, Basel.

Dr. Sabine Keller-Busse

Swiss and German citizen, member of the Board from 18 June 2012 until 26 April 2021. Education: Graduate degree in Business Administration, Ph.D. in Economics, University of St. Gallen.

Career

1995–2001 Management Consultant, 2001–2008 Partner, McKinsey & Company, Zurich. 2008–2010 Head Private Clients Region Zurich, Credit Suisse. Since 2010 Group Managing Director, UBS, Zurich: 2010–2014 Chief Operating Officer UBS Switzerland, since 2014 Group Head Human Resources and since January 2016 member of the UBS AG Group and UBS AG Executive Board. Since January 2018 Chief Operating Officer of UBS as well as President of the Executive Board of UBS Business Solutions AG. Since October 2019 additionally President UBS Europe, Middle East and Africa.