Marcel Rohner (banker)

Marcel Rohner (born September 4, 1964)^[1] is a Swiss businessman. He was Group Chief Executive Officer (Group CEO) at UBS AG from July 6, 2007 until 26 February 2009, and on the Group Executive Board from October 2007 until his resignation.^[2]

Biography

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.

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 February 26, 2009, it was announced that Marcel Rohner had resigned from UBS AG.^[3] He was succeeded by Oswald Grübel as the new CEO.

Rohner was Vice Chairman of the Swiss Bankers Association in Basel until 2008,^[4] and the Vice Chairman of The Board of Trustees of The Swiss Finance Institute.^[5][6]

In 2013 Rohner was accused of "staggering ignorance" by the Banking Standards Commission over Libor rigging.^[7]

He is married and has two children.

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