ZURICH (Reuters) - UBS (>> UBS Group AG) said on Wednesday it had accepted Jes Staley's resignation from his functions with the Swiss bank after he was appointed the new chief executive of Barclays Plc (>> Barclays PLC).

Staley was elected to UBS's board at its 2015 annualshareholder meeting in May and was a member of the human resources and compensation committee as well as the risk committee, UBS said in a statement.

The bank will announce at a later stage whether it will nominate additional candidates for election to its board at the next annual investor meeting, Zurich-based UBS said.

(Reporting by Joshua Franklin; editing by Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi)

Stocks treated in this article : Barclays PLC, UBS Group AG
Valeurs citées dans l'article : UBS, Barclays PLC, HIS, THE BANK, UBS Group AG