Group Executive Board

Under the leadership of the Group Chief Executive Officer (Group CEO), the Group Executive Board (GEB) has executive management responsibility for the UBS Group and its business. It assumes overall responsibility for the development of the UBS Group and business division strategies and the implementation of the approved strategies.

All GEB members (with the exception of the Group CEO) are proposed by the Group CEO. The appointments are approved by the BoD.

The authorities of the GEB are defined in the Organization regulations.

Sergio P. Ermotti

Sergio P. Ermotti was appointed Group CEO in November 2011.

Markus U. Diethelm

Markus U. Diethelm was appointed Group General Counsel of UBS and became a member of the GEB in September 2008.

John A. Fraser

John A. Fraser was appointed Chairman and CEO of the Global Asset Management business division in December 2001, and became a member of the GEB in July 2002.

Lukas Gähwiler

Lukas Gähwiler became a member of the GEB and was appointed CEO of UBS Switzerland in April 2010.

Carsten Kengeter

Carsten Kengeter is CEO of UBS Investment Bank. He became a member of the GEB in April 2009. From November 2010 until March 2012, he served as Chairman and CEO of UBS Investment Bank, after having been appointed its co-CEO in April 2009.

Ulrich Körner

Ulrich Körner was appointed Group Chief Operating Officer and CEO Corporate Center, and became a member of the GEB in April 2009. Additionally to this function he was appointed CEO of UBS Group Europe, Middle East and Africa in December 2011.

Philip J. Lofts

Philip J. Lofts became a GEB member in 2008, and was re-appointed as Group Chief Risk Officer in December 2011 after serving in the same role from 2008 to 2010.

Robert J. McCann

Robert J. McCann was appointed CEO of Wealth Management Americas and became a member of the GEB in October 2009. In addition, he has been CEO UBS Group Americas since December 2011.

Tom Naratil

Tom Naratil was appointed Group CFO and became a member of the GEB in June 2011.

Chi-Won Yoon

Chi-Won Yoon was appointed CEO Group Asia Pacific in April 2012 and has been a member of the GEB since June 2009.

Jürg Zeltner

Jürg Zeltner became a member of the GEB in February 2009 and is CEO of UBS Wealth Management.