Oswald Grübel

      Oswald J. Grübel
      Born (1943-11-23) November 23, 1943 (age 69)
      Occupation Group Former Chief Executive Officer of UBS AG

      Oswald J. Grübel (born November 23, 1943)[1] is a German businessman. He was the Group Chief Executive Officer (Group CEO) at UBS AG from 26 February 2009 [2] to 24 September 2011.

      Career

      Grübel began his career at a White Weld & Co. joint venture with Credit Suisse in the 1970s. Before joining UBS, Grübel was at Credit Suisse from 1985 until 2007, leading the firm since 2003.

      He was CEO of Credit Suisse Financial Services from 2002 to 2004 and was Co-CEO of Credit Suisse Group (with John J. Mack) from 2003 until 2004. Mr. Grübel was a member of the Credit Suisse Group Executive Board between 1997 and 2001 and again from 2002 to 2007. He became the sole CEO with the ousting of John Mack in 2004.

      After he retired in May 2007, he still held a board position at the Winterthur Group insurance company (a part of AXA) from 2007 until 2009.

      As chairman of the CEO position at UBS he made a promise that he will lead the bank back to the profit zone of 15 billion USDS in 2014. [3]

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      Education

      Grübel did not attend university, but took an apprenticeship in banking and securities trading at Deutsche Bank in Mannheim and Frankfurt. In the late 60s, he attended the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne, an executive education institution for leaders.[1]

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      Resignation from UBS group

      On 24 September 2011, the UBS board announced that Oswald Gruebel had resigned. Earlier he had been under pressure having assumed the full responsibility for the USD 2.3 billion loss resulting from a trading fraud. Several local newspaper brought up that he might left due to the pressure of the main stakeholders. [4]

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      References

      Business positions
      Preceded by
      John J. Mack
      CEO of Credit Suisse
      2003–2007
      Succeeded by
      Brady Dougan
      Preceded by
      Marcel Rohner
      Group CEO of UBS AG
      2009-2011
      Succeeded by
      Sergio Ermotti
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