Newsmakers October 2013

Newsmakers October 2013

  • Tee Tua Ba (AMP ‘90) has been appointed Singapore’s Ambassador to Switzerland (non-resident).; He was previously Singapore’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates.
  • Olivier Calloud (MBA ‘01J) has been appointed CEO of bank Piguet Galland & Cie.
  • Anna Casse (MBA ‘91D) has joined ARIAD Pharmaceuticals as head Marketing and Sales Europe.
  • Denys Chamay (MBA ’67) , has been appointed as a member of the International Labour Office’s Independent Oversight Advisory Committee in addition to his ongoing role at BCGE.
  • Philippe Durr (AMP ‘04Oct) has been appointed head of Romande Energie Commerce with effect
    from 7 January 2013 and he will also sit on the Group’s Executive Board.
  • Guido Fürer (IEP ‘00Feb) has been appointed to the Group Executive Committee of Swiss Re Ltd as
    Group Chief Investment Officer with effect from 1 November 2012.
  • Roman Kurmann (IEP F/S ‘05Apr), the former CFO of Clariden Leu Group, has been appointed Chief
    Financial Officer and a Member of the Executive Committee of EFG Financial Products Holding.
  • Andrea Orcel (MBA ‘90J) has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of UBS Investment Bank, having
    been co-CEO and a member of the UBS Group Executive Board since July 2012.
  • Urs Widmer (MBA ‘98D) has been appointed COO and member of the Executive Board of SIX Swiss
    Exchange.