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Alumni Event NY |
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In cooperation with the University of St. Gallen |
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PLEASE RESERVE THE DATE, DETAILS TBA. |
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Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker: |
| Kaspar Villiger, Former Swiss Federal Councillor, Chairman of the BoD, UBS |
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Curriculum
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| Kaspar Villiger was elected to the Board of Directors (BoD) of UBS at the 2009 Annual General Meeting (AGM) and was thereafter appointed Chairman of the BoD. He chairs the Governance and Nominating Committee and the Corporate Responsibility Committee. Mr. Villiger was elected Federal Councilor in 1989, and served as the Minister of Defense and Head of the Federal Military Department. He served as Finance Minister and Head of the Federal Department of Finance from 1995 until he stepped down at the end of 2003. Simultaneously, he served as President of the Swiss Confederation in 1995 and 2002. In 2004, he was elected to the boards of Nestlé, Swiss Re and the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, all of which he resigned from in 2009, when he took on the position of Chairman of UBS. As co-owner of the Villiger Group, Mr. Villiger managed the Swiss parent firm, Villiger Söhne AG, from 1966 until 1989. In addition, Mr. Villiger held several political positions, first in the parliament of the canton of Lucerne and, from 1982, in the Swiss Parliament. He graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1966. Mr. Villiger was born on 5 February 1941 and is a Swiss citizen. |
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