Executive Board of Zürcher Kantonalbank

The Executive Board of Zürcher Kantonalbank has eight members. It is headed by Urs Baumann (Chief Executive Officer, CEO). The Executive Board is responsible for business as well as human resources matters where they concern the management of the bank.

Urs Baumann, Chief Executive Officer

Urs Baumann was appointed member of the Executive Board as of 1 June 2022 und has been CEO of Zürcher Kantonalbank since 1 September 2022. Urs Baumann has many years of national and international management experience as a Board member, a Group CEO and a managing director. He began his career as a consultant at McKinsey & Company in Zurich in 1993. From 1998 onwards, he acquired professional experience in the financial and banking sector through roles at Swisscard in Horgen, Barclays Bank PLC in London, Lindorff Group in Oslo und Bellevue Group AG in Küsnacht. In 2015, Urs Baumann co-founded Blue Earth Capital AG in Zug (formerly PG Impact Investments AG), which he headed until March 2022. Urs Baumann holds a Master of Arts from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and an MBA from Booth School of Business, University of Chicago. Urs Baumann is a member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Bankers Association, member of the Board of the Association of Swiss Cantonal Banks and member of the Board of Zürcher Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesellschaft.

Dr Stephanino Isele, Institutionals & Multinationals Business Unit, Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Dr Stephanino Isele took on the role of Head of Institutionals & Multinationals on 1 April 2014. He studied economics at the University of Zurich and then completed a doctorate in finance and accounting. He joined Zürcher Kantonalbank in 2008, where he took over the management of the Trading, Sales and Capital Markets division. Prior to joining Zürcher Kantonalbank, he worked for J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley, most recently in London as Managing Director in Global Markets, a global leadership position. Stephanino Isele is Vice President of the Board of Directors of Swisscanto Holding AG, Zurich, Vice President of the Board of Trustees of Swisscanto Investment Foundation and Swisscanto Investment Foundation Avant, both in Zurich. Furthermore he is Vice President of the Regulatory Board of SIX Swiss Exchange, Zurich, member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Banking and Finance of University of Zurich and member of the Board of Trustees of the Swiss Finance Institute, Zurich.

Dr Jürg Bühlmann, Corporate Clients Business Unit

Jürg Bühlmann is Head of the Corporate Clients business unit, which he took over on 1 January 2020. Jürg Bühlmann has been with Zürcher Kantonalbank since 1993. Initially in Controlling, he moved to the Logistics business unit in 2002, where he subsequently managed various specialist departments. In 2012, he became Head of the IT, Operations & Real Estate business unit (formerly Logistics) and a member of the Executive Board. In this role, he was responsible, among other things, for the further development of IT infrastructure as well as for operations and real estate. Jürg Bühlmann studied business administration at the University of Zurich, where he obtained his doctorate as Dr oec. publ. He has completed executive programmes at Stanford University and London Business School. He has been a member of the SIX Board of Directors since 2016.

Roger Müller, Risk Business Unit

As of 1 January 2014, Roger Müller was appointed new Head of the Risk business unit and member of the Executive Board. He had previously worked as Deputy Head of the business unit and was responsible for the credit office. After completing his banking apprenticeship at Zürcher Kantonalbank, Roger Müller held various roles in both risk management and sales. Among other things, he was Head of the Central Analysis Unit and Deputy Head of Sales for Business and Corporate Customers.

Daniel Previdoli, Products, Services & Direct Banking Business Unit

Daniel Previdoli became Head of Products, Services & Direct Banking in October 2014. He has been a member of the Executive Board since December 2007 and was Head of Retail Banking for seven years. Prior to that, he spent 11 years with UBS as Head of Recovery Management Primaries between 1996 and 2002 and then Head of Retail and Corporate Banking for the Zurich region. From 1987 until 1996, he held various positions with Credit Suisse, both in Switzerland and abroad. Daniel Previdoli is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swisscanto Fund Management Company Ltd., Zurich. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of TWINT AG, Zurich, Swisscanto Holding Ltd., Zurich, Viseca Payment Services SA, Zurich; and Deputy Chairman of the Greater Zurich Area Foundation, Zurich.

Remo Schmidli, IT, Operations & Real Estate Business Unit

Remo Schmidli has been Head of IT, Operations & Real Estate and a member of the Executive Board since 1 July 2019. Prior to that, he has held various roles at Zürcher Kantonalbank since 2001, including in IT and project management. He has been in charge of multi-channel management since 2014. In this role, Remo Schmidli helped shape the bank's digitalisation roadmap, set up the innovation laboratory together with his team and worked to realise Zürcher Kantonalbank's strong position in the e-banking and e-banking mobile sectors. Remo Schmidli is a qualified computer scientist and holds an Executive Master of Business Administration ZFH from the Zurich University of Economics. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Swiss Fintech Innovations.

Florence Schnydrig Moser, Private Banking Business Unit

Florence Schnydrig Moser became a member of the Executive Board of Zürcher Kantonalbank on 1 January 2021 and assumes the role of Head of Private Banking effective 1 May 2021. From 2018 until joining Zürcher Kantonalbank, Florence Schnydrig was CEO of Swisscard AECS GmbH in Horgen. From 2000 to 2018, she worked for Credit Suisse in various management positions in the Private Banking area including posts in Zurich, Australia and Hong Kong. In her last role at Credit Suisse Florence Schnydrig was Head of Products, Investments & Marketing and responsible for the development and marketing of products for Swiss private clients. Furthermore, as a member of the Management Committee, she held cross-company responsibilities within Credit Suisse (Switzerland) AG. Florence Schnydrig holds a degree in mathematics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certification. She is the Chairman of the supervisory board of the Zürcher Kantonalbank Österreich AG, Salzburg. In addition, she is a member of the board of Advance (Gender Equality in Business) and Hasler Foundation.

Rudolf Sigg, Finance Business Unit

Rudolf Sigg was appointed Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Executive Board on 27 November 2008. He had been Head of Controlling & Accounting since 2007. Prior to that, Rudolf Sigg had overall responsibility for Controlling – which was integrated into Central Risk Controlling in 2000 – over a period of 12 years. He joined Zürcher Kantonalbank in 1977. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Pfandbriefzentrale Schweizerische Kantonalbanken, Zurich, and since mid-June 2021 has been a member of the Board of Directors at the association esisuisse, which insures the deposits of Swiss banks and securities traders.

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