Rory Tapner

Rory Tapner
Born 30 September 1959
Alma mater King's College London
Occupation Recently CEO Coutts

Rory Tapner (born 30 September 1959) is a UK businessman who, in September 2010 was appointed CEO of Coutts, the Wealth Management division of Royal Bank of Scotland Group. In February 2015 he stepped down as CEO when he was replaced in the role by Alison Rose, the then head of Natwest's Commercial Bank. Prior to this, he was Chairman and CEO Asia Pacific at UBS AG from May 2004 until June 2009 and a member of the UBS Group Executive Board from 2006 until June 2009 when he stepped down and returned to the UK.

Education

Radley College

He was educated at Radley College and at King's College London (LLB, 1982).

Career

From 1983 to 2009 he was with UBS AG and predecessor firms (SG Warburg, SBC Warburg and UBS Warburg) and held the following roles - Joint Head of UK Corporate Finance and Head of UK Capital Markets Team; Global Head of Equity Capital Markets; Joint Global Head of Investment Banking; Chairman of Investment Banking; and Chairman and CEO UBS Asia Pacific. He was a member of UBS Investment Bank Executive Board from 1996 until 2004, and from 2006 joined the UBS Group Executive Board. In September 2010 he was appointed CEO of Coutts Bank, the wealth management division of RBS Group from which he stepped down in March 2015.[1]

Activities

For 9 years, Rory Tapner was the Hon. Treasurer and Chairman of the Financial Committee of the Council of King's College London. He is Deputy Chairman of the World Questions; King's Answers fundraising campaign. He is a Fellow of King's College, London. He is Chairman of various organisations : British Ski and Snowboard, the governing body of British Snowsports; the Advisory Board of King's Business School; Sanctum Wealth Management (India); SPS Intelligent Engineering Holdings (from August 2016); and the Council of the University of Buckingham (from July 2017). He sits on the Advisory Board of QuantuMDx.

References

  1. "Business Week Biography". businessweek.com. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
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