Nikolaus Senn

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Nikolaus Senn (born October 22, 1926 in Herisau ; † November 2, 2014 in Herrliberg ; legal resident in Wil SG and Herrliberg) was a Swiss bank manager .

Life

Senn grew up in Appenzell . His father Niklaus Senn was a director at the Appenzell-Innerrhodische Kantonalbank and Innerrhodner Landeszeugherr . Senn studied law at the universities of Friborg , Zurich , Lausanne and Bern and graduated with a doctorate in Bern in 1950 . He also embarked on an officer career in the military . After completing practical training in a law firm in St. Gallen and becoming a lawyer, he joined the Swiss Bank Corporation (SBG), one of the two predecessors of today's UBS , as an intern in May 1951 .

From 1954 to 1959 he worked at the secretariat of the Swiss Bankers Association in Basel, and in 1959 he returned to the UBS. On January 1, 1965, he was appointed director and head of the finance secretariat. On July 1, 1966, he was appointed Deputy General Director and became a member of the General Management, responsible for managing investment advice and asset management as well as securities trading as a whole ( stock exchange ).

On January 1, 1968, Senn was appointed General Manager and took over the overall management of the finance department, which he held until 1980. He then headed the General Management and its staff units as President until 1988.

On April 7, 1988, Senn was elected to the Board of Directors by the General Assembly, which appointed him Chairman. He succeeded Robert Holzach . After eight years, Senn retired in 1996. Thereupon he was elected honorary president of the bank on April 16, 1996 by the general assembly. Two years later, the Swiss Bank Corporation (SBG) merged with the Swiss Bank Corporation (SBV) to form today's UBS.

Senn sat on various boards of directors and supervisory boards of international companies, among other things he was on the board of directors of Winterthur Insurance from 1980 to 1995 , president of Richemont from 1988 to 2002 and on the supervisory board of Siemens from 1988 to 1998 .

Senn was closely networked with politics and the military.

Private

Senn played ice hockey at a high level during his student days. He played as a defender for SC Bern for one winter season. In the 1980s, Senn suffered a heart attack in his office at the SBG and had to be hospitalized.

Senn had been married since 1952 and had two daughters and a son. He lived with his wife in Herrliberg since 1963 , where he also died.

He played golf in his spare time and curling in winter . He and his wife also went on boat trips. From 1979 to 2000 Senn was President of the Lenzerheide Golf Club .

After his retirement, Senn was a sought-after discussion partner in the media about UBS.

He had been a member of AKV Kyburger Zürich and AV Berchtoldia Bern , both student associations in the Schw. StV , since his studies .

Fonts

  • The fire show community in Appenzell: historical-dogmatic presentation. Appenzell 1950 (dissertation, University of Bern, 1950).
  • The Swiss banks between politics and business. Training center Wolfsberg of the SBG, Ermatingen 1982.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruno Schletti: Nikolaus Senn has a character head. In: Tages-Anzeiger . 4th November 2014
  2. ↑ Achilles Weishaupt: Niklaus Senn (father). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Martin Steinegger: «Justice is more important than money». ( Memento from October 17, 2011 on WebCite ) In: Zürichsee-Zeitung . April 3, 2008, accessed October 17, 2011 (PDF, archive version).
  4. ↑ a b c d Nikolaus Senn. ( Memento of October 17, 2011 on WebCite ) Biography on the UBS website , accessed on February 22, 2012 (archive version).
  5. ↑ Ermes Gallarotti: On the death of Nikolaus Senn. Edgy, humorous, successful. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . 5th November 2014
  6. ^ Christian Baertschi: Nikolaus Senn. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  7. ↑ Carmen Gasser: Nikolaus Senn. In: Die Weltwoche . 5/2010 of January 29, 2010.
  8. ↑ a b Nadja Pastega, Philipp Löpfe : "It would be good if Villiger would hand over his office as early as May." ( Memento from October 17, 2011 on WebCite ) Interview in: SonntagsZeitung from October 16, 2011, pp. 25–27 (archive version).
  9. ^ History. ( Memento from October 17, 2011 on WebCite ) In: Golfclub Lenzerheide , accessed on October 17, 2011 (archive version).
  10. ↑ UBS Honorary President Nikolaus Senn in conversation with SF editor Thomas Vogel. ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Video in: Schweizer Fernsehen from September 16, 2011 (13 minutes). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.srf.ch
  11. ↑ Cornelia Krause: "The USA will try to do the same with other banks". In: Tages-Anzeiger from August 14, 2009.
  12. ↑ Bank manager bonuses under attack. In: NZZ Online from October 17, 2008.
personal data
SURNAME Senner, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss bank manager
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Herisau , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH 2nd November 2014
Place of death Herrliberg , Switzerland