Banque Cantonale de Geneve : Urs Ziegler to head the Asset Management business unit

Press release

Governance

BCGE - Urs Ziegler to head the Asset Management business unit

Geneva, 8 December 2020 - The Executive Board has decided to appoint Urs Ziegler as Head of the Asset Management business unit.

A leading figure in institutional asset management

Urs Ziegler holds a degree in Political Science from the University of Lausanne and is a Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA®). He began his career with Swiss Bank Corporation. After the merger with UBS, he became Head of Product Management in the Corporate and Institutional Clients department. In 1998 he joined Julius Bär Asset Management as Sales and Relationship Manager. He then joined Banque Cantonale Vaudoise in 2006 to head the Business Development of the Asset Management division.

An innovative and distinctive Business Unit

The Asset Management business unit comprises the Investment Office, Institutional Portfolio Management and Private Portfolio Management departments. It is responsible for generating the bank's economic forecasts and scenarios, investment strategies and the centralised management of all mandates and investment products. "Urs Ziegler's mission is to maintain the Group's management quality and to develop innovative and high-performance investment solutions for clients with total assets of CHF 30.9 million (as at 30.06.2020). His extensive experience, which is recognised in professional circles, will enable him to galvanise the existing resources and skills and take the Group's growth to a new level," emphasised Constantino Cancela, member of the BCGE Executive Board and Head of the Asset Management Division.

For further information, please contact:

Grégory Jaquet, Head of Communication a.i.: [phone] - [e-mail]

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BCGE: Banking solutions made in Geneva

A universal bank since 1816, the BCGE provides high-quality banking services for private, business and institutional clients in Geneva and its surrounding area. BCGE develops the following business lines: everyday banking services, private banking, asset management, investment funds, pension planning, mortgages and lending to the private and public sectors. It runs a trading room and offers financial engineering, business valuation and transmission, private equity and trade finance services. The BCGE Group has 21 branches in Geneva and operates a number of its business lines in Zurich, Lausanne, Basel, Paris, Lyon and Annecy. It has representative offices in Dubai and Hong Kong. It employs 833 people (of whom 780 are full-time equivalents, as at 31 December 2019). BCGE is listed on the Swiss stock exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange (security no. 35 049 471) and is rated A+/positive/A-1 by Standard & Poor's (S&P).

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