Dr. Stephan A. Zwahlen

Dr. Stephan A. Zwahlen (b. 1978) has been Chief Executive Officer of Maerki Baumann & Co. AG since 2016. He was the driving force behind the implementation of the private bank's crypto strategy in 2018. Stephan Zwahlen joined Maerki Baumann's Executive Board as Head of Investment Solutions & Services in 2009 and took over the additional role of deputy CEO from 2010. In his previous position, he worked at UBS Global Wealth Management in international mandate business. From 2005 to 2007 he was responsible for the strategic repositioning of Maerki Baumann and for founding Switzerland’s first independent transaction bank.

Stephan Zwahlen studied and obtained a doctorate in Business Administration with a specialization in banking and finance at the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) and the Richard Ivey School of Business (London, Ontario).

Stephan Zwahlen has been a board member of the Zurich Banking Association and the Association of Swiss Asset and Wealth Management Banks as well as a member of the Small Bank Expert Panel of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority. He is also a lecturer in banking, 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. As a board member of the Supporters’ Association of the Swiss FDP/The Liberals he stays connected to national politics.