Peter Wuffli

Who is Peter Wuffli?

Dr. Peter A. Wuffli was appointed President of the Group Executive Board of UBS AG in December 2001 and Group Chief Executive Officer in September 2003. Previously, he was Chairman and CEO of UBS Asset Management and, before that, UBS AG Group Chief Financial Officer.

From 1994 to 1998, he was the Chief Financial Officer at SBC and a member of SBC's Group Executive Board in Basel. There he met Marcel Ospel, and together they rose to top positions with the new UBS AG after the 1998 merger.

In 1984, he joined McKinsey & Co as management consultant and in 1990 became a partner of McKinsey Switzerland's senior management. He started his professional life, while studying at University of St. Gallen, writing about economics for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.

He is a Swiss citizen and a graduate of the University of St. Gallen and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife Susanna have three children. His hobby is opera, and he is said to enjoy taking "dips into ordinary life".

His father Heinz R. Wuffli was General Director of Credit Suisse from 1967 to 1977, when he resigned due to his involvement in the Chiasso affair.