Swiss

Education / Degree

• Vocational training, Berufsmittelschule KV Bern (vocational training college)
• Business administration HWV (Higher College for Business and Administration)

Career

• 1974-1999 Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft/UBS AG. Various management functions in private and corporate business and credit management.
• Since 1999, Berner Kantonalbank AG, Head of Credit Management. From 2002, Member of Executive Board and Head of the Consultation and Sales Department. Since 01/01/2012, Executive Board Chairman

Main occupation

• Chairman of the Executive Board of Berner Kantonalbank AG

Companies/Committees

• Member of the Compensation Committee

Management and supervisory activities

• Board Member of the Verband Schweizerischer Kantonalbanken (VSKB) [Union of Swiss Cantonal Banks]

Activities for stakeholders

• President of the Volkswirtschaftliche Gesellschaft des Kantons Bern (VWG Bern) [Economic Society of the Canton of Bern]
• Member of the Board of the Handels- und Industrieverein des Kantons Bern (HIV) [Union of Trade and Industry of the Canton of Bern]