Nikolaus Senn

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Nikolaus Senn
Former co-president of
Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft, as of today UBS
In office
1968–1996
Personal details
Born(1926-10-22)22 October 1926
Banker

Nikolaus Senn (22 October 1926 – 2 November 2014) was a Swiss jurist, economist and banker.

Life

Nikolaus Senn studied since 1945

Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft (SBG). From 1961 to 1996 he was a member of the executive board, later member of the directors board of the SBG. After eight years as board member, he retired in 1996 and on 16 April 1996 by the general assembly was given the title honorary president of the UBS.[1]

After his retirement, Senn was a sought-after discussion partner in the media on UBS issues.[2][3][4]

Politics

Although he held no political office, Nikolaus Senn was an opponent of Christoph Blocher and forced his deselection from the SBG's board of directors, as well he argued forcefully against a takeover of the majority shareholding by Martin Ebner's BZ group.[5]

References

  1. ^ Tagesschau Hauptausgabe, SRF 1, 5 November 2014
  2. ^ "UBS-Ehrenpräsident Nikolaus Senn im Gespräch mit SF-Redaktor Thomas Vogel.". Archived from the original on 15 December 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Video in: Schweizer Fernsehen vom 16. September 2011 (13 Minuten).
  3. ^ Cornelia Krause: «Die USA werden versuchen, mit anderen Banken dasselbe zu tun». In: Tages-Anzeiger vom 14. August 2009.
  4. NZZ Online
    vom 17. Oktober 2008.
  5. Die Wochenzeitung WOZ
    . Retrieved 6 November 2014.

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