Marcel Rohner (banker)

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Marcel Rohner
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Rohner in 2004
Born
Marcel Rohner

4 September 1964 (1964-09-04) (age 59)
Aarau, Aargau, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Education Old Cantonal School Aarau
Alma mater University of Zürich (PhD)
Occupation(s)Vice President of Union Bancaire Privée and Chairman of Swiss Bankers Association
Known forFormer Group Chief Executive Officer of UBS AG
SpouseGabriela 'Gaby' Lüthy
Children2

Marcel Rohner (born 4 September 1964) [1] is a Swiss businessman and banker. Rohner was group chief executive officer (Group CEO) at UBS AG from 6 July 2007 until 26 February 2009, and on the group executive board from October 2007 until his resignation. [2] Since 2016, he serves as vice president of Union Bancaire Privée, and since 2021 as chairman of the Swiss Bankers Association. [3] [4] Rohner is an ally of Thomas Matter and holds a 5% stake of Helvetische Bank AG. [5]

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Early life and education

Rohner was born 4 September 1964 in Aarau, Switzerland, [6] a son of Hans and Helen (née Kraus) Rohner, and was raised in Küttigen, a small municipality, where he attended the local schools. His mother was a member of the District Court Aarau and a representative for the Christian Democratic People's Party. [7] He completed his Matura Typus E at Old Cantonal School Aarau. Rohner graduated with a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Zurich and was a research and teaching assistant at the Institute for Empirical Research in Economics at the University of Zurich from 1990 to 1992.

Career

Between 1993 and 1998, Rohner was with Swiss Bank Corporation’s Investment Banking branch, where in 1995 he was appointed Head of Market Risk Control Europe. In 1998, he worked as Head of Market Risk Control of Warburg Dillon Read. In 1999, he was promoted to Group Chief Risk Officer.

In 2001, he became Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO of the Private Banking Unit of UBS Switzerland. Between 2002 and 2007 he was CEO of Wealth Management & Business Banking, and additionally named Chairman in 2004. Rohner was appointed Deputy Group CEO in January 2006. On 26 February 2009 it was announced that Marcel Rohner had resigned from UBS AG. [8] He was succeeded by Oswald Grübel as the new CEO. Rohner was Vice Chairman of the Swiss Bankers Association in Basel until 2008, [9] and the Vice Chairman of The Board of Trustees of The Swiss Finance Institute. [10] [11] In 2013, Rohner was accused of "staggering ignorance" by the Banking Standards Commission over Libor rigging. [12]

Since 2016, Rohner serves as vice president of Union Bancaire Privée. [13] He is also chairman of the Swiss Bankers Association since 2021. [14] Rohner currently also chairs Warteck Invest AG and Löwenfeld AG and is a board member of CBI Holding SA. [15]

Personal life

He is married and has two children. They reside in Aarau, Switzerland. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ Official UBS biography (105 KB)
  2. ↑ "Business Week article on Marcel Rohner". businessweek.com. Archived from the original on February 4, 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
  3. ↑ CV of Marcel Rohner (UBP SA)https://www.swissbanking.ch/_Resources/Persistent/0/0/f/1/00f16b68c1d16c94a49d1de3aa4a4551a9377fdb/Curriculum%20vitae_Marcel%20Rohner_EN.pdf
  4. ↑ "Swiss Bankers Association - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  5. ↑ Hässig, Lukas (2021-05-14). "Tommy Matter und sein Buddy Rohner". Inside Paradeplatz (in German). Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  6. ↑ "Marcel Rohner - Munzinger Biographie". www.munzinger.de. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  7. ↑ Aarauer Zeitung, 2009 https://www.yumpu.com/de/document/read/21337486/aargauer-zeitung-pascal-troller
  8. ↑ "UBS appoints new Chief Executive". Archived from the original on March 4, 2009. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
  9. ↑ "SwissBanking – Tätigkeitsbericht 2008/2009" Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine , p. 87 (1.3 MB) (in German)
  10. ↑ "Rohner on Forbes". Forbes.com. Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Retrieved 9 October 2008.
  11. ↑ "Swiss Finance Institute: Activity Report 2008–2009" Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine , pp. 4, 21 (2.5 MB)
  12. ↑ Roland, Denise (10 January 2013). "Banking Standards Commission accuses former UBS bosses accused of 'staggering ignorance' over Libor rigging". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  13. ↑ "Ehemaliger UBS-Chef - Marcel Rohner wird neuer Präsident der Bankiervereinigung". Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF) (in German). 2021-05-11. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  14. ↑ Fischer, Peter A. "Bankiervereinigung SBVg: Marcel Rohner folgt auf Herbert Scheidt". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  15. ↑ "WARN.CH Company Profile & Executives - Warteck Invest AG Reg. - Wall Street Journal". www.wsj.com. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  16. ↑ "UBS-Chef Rohner überschrieb Haus an Gattin". Tages-Anzeiger (in German). 12 June 2010. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
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