Lukas Gähwiler will not stand for re-election to the UBS Group AG Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in April 2026.
After a career spanning 45 years, he decided to retire from his role as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, concluding his long career in banking.
Lukas Gähwiler has served UBS in several leadership roles: from 2010 to 2016 as member of the Group Executive Board of UBS Group AG and President of UBS in Switzerland, followed by his tenure as Chairman of UBS Switzerland AG. In 2022 he was appointed as Vice Chairman of the UBS Group AG Board of Directors. In addition to his board responsibilities, he represented UBS in Switzerland’s most important trade associations and financial industry organizations.
As the final Chairman of Credit Suisse AG, he played a pivotal role in the successful integration of Credit Suisse into UBS.
Markus Ronner is proposed to succeed Lukas Gähwiler and will be nominated as new member of the Board of Directors and Vice Chairman at the AGM 2026.
Markus Ronner has been with UBS his entire professional career since 1981. Over the last 25 years, he has held several global leadership roles in business, control and audit functions. Markus Ronner became a member of the Group Executive Board in 2018, when he took over his current role as the Group Chief Compliance and Governance Officer, overseeing compliance, financial crime prevention and operational risk control as well as regulatory and governance functions at the Group level. From 2022 to 2023 Markus Ronner also served as the chairman of UBS Switzerland AG.
