MBC - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Member of the Executive Board
• Executive Board
• Member of the Executive Board / Head of Corporate Services

Alexander Ising (b.1978), Dr oec. HSG, has been Head Corporate Services and a member of the Executive Board since October 2016. He is also Head of the Credit Committee. He is responsible for finance, banking operations, mortgages & retirement planning and the internal trading department, as well as for the continuing development of our investment solutions and for meeting regulatory and fiscal requirements. Alexander Ising joined Maerki Baumann & Co. AG back in 2009, initially holding various positions in investment management. He had previously worked at the Wegelin & Co. private bank as a fund analyst. Alexander Ising studied economics at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. He obtained his doctorate after conducting research at Columbia University in New York and working for the Swiss Institute for Banking and Finance at the University of St. Gallen, focusing mainly on finance. Alexander Ising is married, and has a daughter and a son. He likes to spend his free time with his family, hiking, skiing or traveling.

The Zurich-based Syz family, which owns the private bank Maerki Baumann & Co. AG, is renowned for its long-term outlook and entrepreneurial approach. It is convinced that the bank can be run independently, even in the face of challenging parameters. One success factor in the bank's history is the art of combining tradition and change. Maerki Baumann & Co. AG is currently in the hands of the second generation of the family. The siblings Hans G. Syz-Witmer and Dr iur. Carole Schmied-Syz act as Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors respectively. Together they own about 95% of the shares. From an operating perspective, the bank is managed by the Executive Board under the stewardship of Dr Stephan A. Zwahlen. Carole Schmied-Syz (b.1963), Dr iur, has been a member of our private bank's Board of Directors since 1998 and is Vice-Chairwoman since 2005. Since 2016 she has been Chairwoman of Maerki Baumann Holding AG (she was Vice-Chairwoman from 2007 to 2016) and has been a member of the Board of Directors of CHSZ-Holding AG since 2003. Carole Schmied-Syz is active as an academic lawyer in the fields of contract and liability law. She used to be politically active as well: for example, she was a member of the Zurich Constitutional Council. She holds a number of other mandates: she is a trustee of the Right To Play Foundation, and in the cultural field she is a member of the board of the Friends of the Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich. Furthermore, she chairs our bank's art committee.

Job Titles:

• Chief Executive Officer
• Member of the Executive Board
• Executive Board

Stephan A. Zwahlen (b.1978), Dr oec. HSG, has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since February 2016. He joined our private bank's Executive Board as Head Investment Solutions & Services in April 2009. From September 2010 he had the additional role of Deputy CEO before being appointed CEO. Until 2009, Stephan Zwahlen worked at UBS Global Wealth Management in the international mandate business. From 2005 to 2007 he worked at Maerki Baumann & Co. AG, where he was responsible for the strategic repositioning of the bank and the founding of a transaction bank. He then managed various strategic projects within the Maerki Baumann Group as Head Corporate Development. Stephan Zwahlen began his career at the Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance (s/bf-HSG), which is attached to the University of St. Gallen. Stephan Zwahlen studied - and obtained a doctorate in - Business Administration with a specialisation in banking and finance at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and the Richard Ivey School of Business in London, Ontario. Stephan Zwahlen has supported the interests of the Swiss financial centre for many years as an active board member of the Zurich Banking Association and of the Association of Swiss Asset and Wealth Management Banks (VAV). As Chairman of the Supporters' Association and member of the Managing Committee of the Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance at the University of St. Gallen, he remains closely in touch with academic research. He also lectures in banking at the University of St. Gallen. Stephan Zwahlen is married and has two daughters. As well as spending time with his family he enjoys travelling, golf, skiing and modern art.

Job Titles:

• Chairman of the Board of Directors

Hans G. Syz-Witmer (b.1957) has chaired our private bank since 1997. Furthermore, he has also been Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Maerki Baumann Holding AG since 2016 (he was Chairman from 2007 to 2016), and has been Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of InCore Bank AG, in which Maerki Baumann Holding AG has a major shareholding, since 2009 (having been its Chairman from 2007 to 2009); since 2003, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of CHSZ-Holding AG. As an entrepreneur, Hans G. Syz-Witmer owns Condor Films AG and is a member of several Boards of Directors and Boards of Trustees, such as Aquila & Co. AG (member of the Board of Directors), the Schulthess Klinik (Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees), the Tonhalle-Gesellschaft Zürich (Vice-Chairman and Treasurer), the Kongresshaus-Stiftung (Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees), the Baugarten Zürich Genossenschaft und Stiftung (Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Directors), the Friedrich Steinfels AG (member of the Board of Directors), the Arthouse Movie Commercio group (member of the Board of Directors) and the Stiftung Prof. Dr. Max Cloëtta (member of the Board of Trustees).

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors

Jörg Zulauf (born 1958), lic. iur., lawyer, MBA (UCLA), has been a member of the Board of Directors of our private bank since 2022. Jörg Zulauf (born 1958), lic. iur., lawyer, MBA (UCLA Anderson), has been a member of the Board of Directors of our private bank since 2022. He was Vice Chairman of the Executive Board and Head of the Finance Department at the Federation of Migros Cooperatives for more than 20 years. In this role, Jörg Zulauf was, moreover, a member and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Migros Bank AG, where he sat on the Audit Committee, Risk Committee and Credit Committee. He was also a member of other Boards of Directors and Trustees, including those of Hotelplan Holding AG, Ex Libris AG, the Migros Pension Fund, Generali Schweiz AG and the University Children's Hospital Zurich.

Job Titles:

• Deputy CEO
• Member of the Executive Board
• Deputy CEO / Head Private Banking
• Executive Board

Lukas S. Risi (b.1974), lic. iur., LL.M., has been Head Private Banking and Deputy CEO since February 2016. Lukas Risi joined Maerki Baumann & Co. AG as General Counsel and Head Legal & Compliance in 2009. Since November 2012 he has also headed the Risk & Internal Control Department. He was appointed to our private bank's Executive Board as General Counsel and Head Corporate Services in January 2014. From 2003 to 2008 Lukas Risi worked as Legal Counsel at Bank Julius Bär, having previously been a lawyer and notary for a law firm in Zug. Lukas Risi studied law at the University of Fribourg, subsequently qualifying as a lawyer and notary in Zug. He was awarded the degree of Master of Law (LL.M.) in European law by the University of Stockholm. From 2011 to 2015 Lukas Risi was a member of the Swiss Bankers Association's Commission for the Protection of Swiss Assets. Lukas Risi is married and has a son and a daughter. He enjoys spending his free time with his family. His special interests include travel, outdoor sports and concert- going.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors

Michele Moor (b.1965), lic. oec. HSG and dipl. El.-Ing. ETH, holds a CAS in FinTech and has been a member of our private bank's Board of Directors since 2014. From 2000 to 2013 Michele Moor was Managing Partner of the Wegelin & Co. private bank, and since 2014 he has been a Director of MM Holdinggesellschaft AG, his own group of companies based in Lugano, which is primarily active in finance, medical technology and real estate. From 2005 until 2008, inter alia, Michele Moor was Chairman of the Swiss Officers' Association.

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors

Job Titles:

• Member of the Board of Directors
• Certified PR Adviser / Management Consultant
• Co - Owner of Lauffer & Frischknecht

Urs Lauffer (born 1958) is a Swiss certified PR adviser / management consultant. He has been a member of our private bank's Board of Directors since 2010, a member of the Board of Directors of Maerki Baumann Holding AG since 2009 and a member of the Board of Directors of CHSZ-Holding AG since 2007, serving as Chairman since 2021. Urs Lauffer is a co-owner of Lauffer & Frischknecht, which operates in the field of management consultancy for communication. He is also a member of various boards of directors and boards of trustees, holding roles such as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Emil Frey Holding AG, Chairman of the Fritz Gerber Foundation for talented young people, Chairman of the Paradies Foundation for Social Innovation, Chairman of the Rahn Foundation and Vice-Chairman of the Swiss Life Perspectives Foundation. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.