Senior leadership

The senior leadership of UBS, in addition to the Group Executive Board, includes the members of the Group Managing Board and the Vice Chairmen of the business groups.

Group Managing Board

The members of the Group Managing Board (GMB) are drawn from the management teams of the business groups and the Corporate Center or assume special Group functions. The GMB plays a crucial role in achieving UBS's one-firm vision and promoting the UBS agenda. Its role is to understand, challenge and contribute to further developing the firm's direction, values and principles and to promote and communicate its culture.

Members as of 31 December 2007 and announced changes

Global Wealth Management & Business Banking


Michel Adjadj	Head Wealth Management Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East & Africa
Matthew J. Brumsen	Head Business Unit UK, Northern and Eastern Europe
Bernhard Buchs	Chief Risk Officer
Robert J. (Bob) Chersi	Deputy Chief Financial Officer (until 31 January 2008)
Diane Frimmel	Regional Chief Operations Officer, Americas
Marten Hoekstra	Head Wealth Management Americas
Dieter Kiefer	Head Wealth Management Western Europe
Martin Liechti	Head Wealth Management Americas International
Francesco Morra	Head Wealth Management Western Europe, Mediterranean, Middle East & Africa
Tom Naratil	Head Marketing, Segment & Client Development
Rolf Olmesdahl	Head Information Technology
Gabriela Payer	Head Human Resources & Education
Niklaus Pfau	Head Global Segment & Sales Management
James M. Pierce	Co-Head Wealth Management Advisor Group US
James D. Price	Co-Head Wealth Management Advisor Group US
Joe Rickenbacher	Chief Credit Officer
Alain Robert	Head Wealth Management & Business Banking Switzerland
Felix B. Ronner	Global Head Transaction Products and Head Products & Services Europe / Latin America
Kathryn Shih	Head Wealth Management Asia Pacific and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) UBS Hong Kong
Anton Stadelmann	Chief Financial Officer (Chief Financial Officer Wealth Management Americas as of 1 February 2008)
Michael Strobaek	Global Head Investment Solutions
Michael A. Weisberg	Global Head Products & Services
Klaus W. Wellershoff	Global Head Wealth Management Research
Juerg Zeltner	Head Wealth Management North, East & Central Europe and CEO UBS Deutschland AG
Stephan Zimmermann	Chief Operations Officer
New members as of 1 March 2008
Allen Chun Lun Lo	Head Wealth Management Greater China, Deputy Head Wealth Management Asia Pacific
John B. Hannasch	Head Market Strategy & Development Americas
Mark Shelton	General Counsel Americas
Karl Spielberger	Head Large Corporates and Institutional Clients Switzerland
Ursula Suter	General Counsel (excl. US)

Investment Bank


Andy Amschwand	Head Investment Bank Switzerland
David Aufhauser	Global General Counsel
David A. Bawden	Chief Credit Officer
Maria Bentley	Global Head Human Resources
Mark Branson	CEO UBS Securities Japan Ltd. (Chief Financial Officer Global WM&BB as of 1 February 2008)
Peter W. Burnett	Executive Chairman, Middle East
Daniel Coleman	Joint Global Head Equities
Regina A. Dolan	Chief Financial Officer
Andre Esteves	Global Head Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities & Chairman and CEO, UBS Latin America
Juerg Haller	Chief Operating Officer UBS Latin America
Suneel Kamlani	Chief of Staff and Chief Administrative Officer
J. Richard Leaman III	Joint Global Head Investment Banking Department
Richard B. Metcalf	Chief Risk Officer, Investment Bank
Brad Orgill	CEO and Chairman, Australasia
Jeremy Palmer	CEO Investment Bank in Europe, Middle East & Africa
John Pius Wall	Joint Global Head Equities
Alexander Wilmot-Sitwell	Joint Global Head Investment Banking Department
Robert Wolf	President and Chief Operating Officer / Chairman and Chief Executive Officer UBS Group Americas

Global Asset Management


Mario Cueni	General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer
Gabriel Herrera	Head of Europe, Middle East & Africa
Christof Kutscher	Head Asia Pacific
Thomas Madsen	Co-Head Equities (stepped down on 25 February 2008)
John A. Penicook Jr.	Co-Head Global Fixed Income
Markus Ronner	Chief Operating Officer
Paresh Sodha	Chief Financial Officer
Kai Sotorp	Head Americas
New members as of 1 March 2008
William J. Ferri	Global Head of Alternative & Quantitative Investments
John C. Leonard	Co-Head Equities and Head of Core / Value Equities
Paul W. Marcuse	Head of Global Real Estate

Corporate Center


Scott G. Abbey	Chief Technology Officer
Charles Nicholas Bolton	Group Head Operational Risk
Gerhard Bruederlin	Group Head Human Resources
Seth F. Cohen	Head of Offshoring
Thomas R. Hill	Chief Communication Officer
Stephan Keller	Group Treasurer
Philip J. Lofts	Group Chief Credit Officer
Robert W. Mann	Head, Leadership Institute
Neil R. Stocks	Head Group Compliance
M. Andrew Threadgold	Group Head Market Risk
Peter Thurneysen	Head Group Controlling and Accounting
William Widdowson	Head Group Accounting Policy
New member as of 1 March 2008
Oliver Bartholet	Head Group Tax

Chairman's Office


Luzius Cameron	Company Secretary
Ian Overton	Head Group Internal Audit

Business Group Vice Chairmen

Business Group Vice Chairmen are appointed to support the businesses in their relationships with key clients. They strongly contribute to the success of UBS and work closely together with the members of the GMB.

Members as of 31 December 2007

Global Wealth Management & Business Banking

Arthur Decurtins

Thomas K. Escher

Carlo Grigioni

Werner H. Peyer

Investment Bank


Chris Brodie
Lord Brittan of Spennithorne, QC
Robert Gillespie
Phil Gramm

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