Oswald Grübel

Who is Oswald Grübel?

Oswald J. Grübel is a German businessman. He is the current Group Chief Executive Officer at UBS AG since 26 February 2009.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 additionally 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.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 Geneva, an executive education institution for leaders without traditional university credentials.