Group Executive Board

Members of the Group Executive Board

The texts in the boxes below provide information on the composition of the Group Executive Board as of 31 December 2006. It shows each member's function in UBS, nationality, year of initial appointment to the GEB, professional history and education, date of birth, and other activities and functions such as mandates on boards of important corporations, organizations and foundations, permanent functions for important interest groups and official functions and political mandates.

In January 2006, a new Board position was established, that of the Chairman and CEO Asia Pacific, with Rory Tapner being appointed to the GEB in this capacity. Mark Sutton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Americas, retired as of 1 January 2007.

Peter A. Wuffli

Address: UBS AG Bahnhofstrasse 45 CH-8098 Zurich

Function in UBS: Group Chief Executive Officer

Nationality: Swiss

Year of initial appointment to the GEB: 1998

Professional history, education and date of birth

Peter A. Wuffli was named President of the Group Executive Board on 18 December 2001 and Group CEO in 2003. Previously, he was Chairman and CEO of UBS Asset Management, and from 1998 to 1999 Group Chief Financial Officer of UBS. From 1994 to 1998, he was the Chief Financial Officer at Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC) and a member of SBC's Group Executive Committee. In 1984, he joined McKinsey & Co as management consultant where he became a partner in 1990. Before joining McKinsey, he was a freelance economics reporter for Neue Zürcher Zeitung, a major Swiss daily newspaper. Mr. Wuffli graduated in economics and social sciences from the University of St. Gallen and holds a doctorate in international management. He was born on 26 October 1957.

Other activities and functions

Mandates on boards of important corporations, organizations, and foundations:

Peter Wuffli is a Board member of the Zurich Opera House and a member of the Executive Committee of the Institute of International Finance Inc., Washington DC. He is a member of the Executive Committee and Vice Chairman of the Board of IMD International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne (Switzerland) and the Vice Chairman of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce in Zurich.

Official functions and political mandates:

Peter Wuffli is the Chairman of the "Friends of the Swiss Liberal Party" (Freunde der FDP), an organization supporting the dialog between the Swiss Liberal Party and business, and a member of the board of trustees of the "Elea Foundation for Ethics in Globalization".

John A. Fraser

Address: UBS AG Bahnhofstrasse 45 CH-8098 Zurich

Function in UBS: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Global Asset Management

Nationality: Australian

Year of initial appointment to the GEB: 2002

Professional history, education and date of birth

John A. Fraser was appointed as Chairman & CEO of the Global Asset Management Business Group in late 2001. Prior to that, he was President and COO of UBS Asset Management and Head of Asia Pacific. From 1994 to 1998 he was Executive Chairman and CEO of SBC Australia Funds Management Ltd. Before joining UBS, Mr. Fraser held various positions at the Australian Treasury, including two international postings to Washington DC – first, at the International Monetary Fund and, second, as Minister (Economic) at the Australian Embassy. From 1990 to 1993 he was Deputy Secretary (Economic) of the Australian Treasury. Mr. Fraser graduated from Monash University in Australia in 1972 and holds a first-class honors degree in economics. He was born on 8 August 1951.

Huw Jenkins

Address: UBS AG Bahnhofstrasse 45 CH-8098 Zurich

Function in UBS: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Investment Bank

Nationality: British

Year of initial appointment to the GEB: 2005

Professional history, education and date of birth

Huw Jenkins was appointed CEO Investment Bank in July 2005 and additionally named Chairman in 2006. Prior to that, he was Global Head of Equities. Between 1998 and 2004, he held various management functions in the Equities Division Asia Pacific and the Americas. Before the UBS-SBC merger, he worked for SBC Warburg Dillon Read on various assignments in the Asian Equities Division, having previously worked with BZW (Barclays de Zoete Wedd) as Head of Asian Equities. Huw Jenkins holds a Master of Business Administration from the London Business School. He was born on 20 February 1958.

Peter Kurer

Address: UBS AG Bahnhofstrasse 45 CH-8098 Zurich

Function in UBS: Group General Counsel

Nationality: Swiss

Year of initial appointment to the GEB: 2002

Professional history, education and date of birth

Peter Kurer has been the Group General Counsel since 2001, when he joined UBS. Between 1991 and 2001 he was a partner at the Homburger law firm in Zurich. Between 1980 and 1990 he was with Baker & McKenzie in Zurich, first as associate, later as partner, having been a law clerk at the District Court of Zurich. Mr. Kurer graduated as a doctor iuris from the University of Zurich and was admitted as attorney-at-law in Zurich. He holds an LL.M. from the University of Chicago and was born on 28 June 1949.

Other activities and functions

Permanent functions for important interest groups:

Peter Kurer is a member of the Visiting Committee to the Law School of The University of Chicago, a member of the Board of Trustees of a foundation which acts as an advisory board to the University of St. Gallen Program for law and economics, and a member of the Committee of Continuing Education, Executive School of Management, Technology and Law, University of St. Gallen.

Marcel Rohner

Address: UBS AG Bahnhofstrasse 45 CH-8098 Zurich

Function in UBS: Deputy Group CEO and Chairman & CEO Global Wealth Management & Business Banking

Nationality: Swiss

Year of initial appointment to the GEB: 2002

Professional history, education and date of birth

Marcel Rohner has been Chairman and CEO of Global Wealth Management & Business Banking since 2004, having been CEO since 2002. In January 2006 he was additionally named Deputy Group CEO. Before that, in 2001 and 2002, he was COO and Deputy CEO of the Private Banking unit of UBS Switzerland. In 1999 he was named Group Chief Risk Officer, after being appointed Head of Market Risk Control of Warburg Dillon Read in 1998. Between 1993 and 1998, Mr. Rohner was with Swiss Bank Corporation's investment banking arm and in 1995 he was appointed Head of Market Risk Control Europe. Mr. Rohner graduated with a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Zurich and was a teaching assistant at the Institute for Empirical Research in Economics at the University of Zurich from 1990 to 1992. He was born on 4 September 1964.

Other activities and functions

Permanent functions for important interest groups:

Marcel Rohner is Vice Chairman of the Swiss Bankers Association, Basel and the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Swiss Finance Institute.

Clive Standish

Address: UBS AG Bahnhofstrasse 45 CH-8098 Zurich

Function in UBS: Group Chief Financial Officer

Nationality: British

Year of initial appointment to the GEB: 2002

Professional history, education and date of birth

Clive Standish was named Group Chief Financial Officer on 1 April 2004, having been Chairman and CEO Asia Pacific from 2002 onwards. In 1998, he was named CEO Asia Pacific of Warburg Dillon Read. Between 1991 and 1998, Mr. Standish was with Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC). In 1997 he was appointed Deputy Chairman Asia Pacific of SBC Warburg Dillon Read. Between 1994 and 1997 he served as Managing Director and CEO of SBC Warburg Dillon Read Australia. In 1991 he was appointed Head of Capital Markets and Managing Director of SBC Dominguez Barry Limited. Between 1983 and 1991, Mr. Standish was Founding Executive Director at Dominguez Barry Samuel Montagu Limited, having been a partner with Dominguez & Barry Partners from 1979 to 1983. Mr. Standish started his professional career in 1972 with NM Rothschild & Sons Limited in London, after completing high school. He was born on 17 March 1953.

Walter Stuerzinger

Address: UBS AG Bahnhofstrasse 45 CH-8098 Zurich

Function in UBS: Group Chief Risk Officer

Nationality: Swiss

Year of initial appointment to the GEB: 2005

Walter Stuerzinger has been the Group Chief Risk Officer since 2001. Prior to that, he was Head Group Internal Audit from 1998 until 2001. Before the merger, he was Head Group Internal Audit at the former Union Bank of Switzerland. Previously, he worked with Credit Suisse on various assignments in the controlling and auditing areas. Walter Stuerzinger holds a Swiss banking diploma and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. He was born on 6 July 1955.

Other activities and functions

Permanent functions for important interest groups:

Walter Stuerzinger is a member of the Foundation Board of the UBS Pension Fund.

Mark B. Sutton

Address: UBS AG Bahnhofstrasse 45 CH-8098 Zurich

Function in UBS: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Americas (retired as of 1 January 2007)

Nationality: American (US)

Year of initial appointment to the GEB: 2002

Professional history, education and date of birth

Mark B. Sutton was appointed CEO of Wealth Management US in January 2004. Later that year, he was also named Chairman. In 2002, he became President and Chief Operating Officer of UBS PaineWebber, having been Head of the PaineWebber US Private Client Group since 2001. In 1998, he was named President of the Private Client Group. Mr. Sutton became Executive Vice President in 1995 after the acquisition of Kidder, Peabody & Co., where, between 1992 and 1994, he served as CEO of the Investment Services Division and CEO of the Brokerage Unit. Previously he was active at Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management, a subsidiary of PaineWebber. Between 1984 and 1987, he served as Division Manager at PaineWebber, Austin, Texas. Mr. Sutton first joined a predecessor company of PaineWebber, Rotan Mosle, as a financial advisor in 1980, after having assumed the same function with Merrill Lynch in Fayetteville, Arkansas from 1978 to 1980. He holds a bachelor of science in finance from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Mr. Sutton was born on 19 October 1954.

Other activities and functions

Mandates on boards of important corporations, organizations, and foundations:

Mark Sutton is a member of the Board of the Financial Services Forum, Washington D.C.

Rory Tapner

Address: UBS AG Bahnhofstrasse 45 CH-8098 Zurich

Function in UBS: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Asia Pacific

Nationality: British

Year of initial appointment to the GEB: 2006

Professional history, education and date of birth

Rory Tapner became a member of the Group Executive Board in January 2006. He was appointed Chairman and CEO Asia Pacific in May 2004. Previously, he was Joint Global Head of Investment Banking. From 1983 to 1998, he was with S.G. Warburg and Warburg Dillon Read as Global Head of Equity Capital Markets, Joint Head of UK Corporate Finance and Head of UK Capital Markets Team. He also was a member of the Warburg Dillon Read Executive Board. Mr. Tapner was born on 30 September 1959.

Raoul Weil

Address: UBS AG Bahnhofstrasse 45 CH-8098 Zurich

Function in UBS: Head of Wealth Management International

Nationality: Swiss

Year of initial appointment to the GEB: 2005

Professional history, education and date of birth

Raoul Weil has been Head of Wealth Management International since 2002 and was appointed to the GEB in July 2005. Previous to that, he assumed different management roles in the Private Banking Division in Asia and Europe. Between 1984 and 1998, Mr. Weil was with SBC, holding various assignments within the Private Banking Division in Basel, Zurich, Monaco and New York. He graduated with a degree in economics from the University of Basel and was born on 13 November 1959.

Other activities and functions

Mandates on boards of important corporations, organizations, and foundations:

Raoul Weil is a member of the "Optimus Foundation", a charitable foundation administered by UBS.

Responsibilities, authorities and organizational principles

The GEB has executive management responsibility for the Group and is accountable to the Board for the firm's results. Together with the Chairman's Office, the GEB assumes overall responsibility for the development of UBS's strategies. The GEB, and in particular the CEO, is responsible for the implementation and results of the firm's business strategies, for the alignment of the Business Groups to UBS's integrated business model, and for the exploitation of synergies across the firm. Through its Risk Subcommittee, the GEB assumes responsibility for the Group's risk control standards, concepts, methodologies and limits. The GEB plays a key role in defining the human resources policy and the compensation principles of the Group. It also fosters an entrepreneurial leadership spirit throughout the firm.

Regional coordination

As a result of the increasingly integrated nature of UBS's business, the GEB's regional coordination and governance processes have been strengthened and formalized. As publicly announced in November 2006, a number of GEB members were appointed as regional sponsors. In addition, at the Group Managing Board (GMB) level, a regional coordinator role was established.

Huw Jenkins was appointed GEB regional sponsor for the US, Canada and Latin America, with Robert Wolf named GMB coordinator for Canada and the US. Andre Esteves was appointed GMB coordinator for Latin America.

Raoul Weil was named GEB regional sponsor for Europe and Switzerland, with Jeremy Palmer and Alain Robert as GMB coordinators for Europe and Switzerland, respectively.

In the Middle East, John Fraser continues to be the regional sponsor, with Peter Burnett newly named as the ­region's GMB coordinator.

The Asia Pacific governance framework remained unchanged.

Regional sponsors and coordinators are responsible for overall regional strategic planning, the escalation of issues (particularly in the case of conflicts with Business Group agendas), as well as advocacy of priorities and resource commitments that affect their region.

Regional sponsors and coordinators will also establish country facilitator teams within the region to be responsible for client relations and hospitality platforms, regulatory coordination, legal structure development, community affairs, advertising, branding, sponsorship, recruiting and retention.

In addition, they will be responsible for the oversight, enhancement and protection of UBS's reputation in their respective regions.

It is important to note that this does not affect the global business structure we have in place. The move was made to facilitate and support cross-business decisions regionally. GMB sponsors and coordinators do, however, have veto and escalation rights regarding actions and initiatives that could threaten UBS's reputation in a region or in a country.

Management contracts

UBS has not entered into management contracts with any third parties.