Thomas K. Escher

1949, Swiss Citizen

Thomas Konrad Escher has been a member of the Boards of Zurich Financial Services and Zurich Insurance Company since April 2004.

In 1974 Mr. Escher joined IBM Corporation as a marketing representative in New York. In subsequent years, his career led him through various managerial line functions with responsibilities for markets and client relationships overseas, in different European countries and in Switzerland.  In 1996, he joined Swiss Bank Corporation and was - as a member of the executive board - CEO for the major market region in Switzerland and for the information technology organization.  In Since the merger of Swiss Bank Corporation and Union Bank of Switzerland to form UBS AG in 1998, he headed the IT business area of the wealth management and business banking division through mid-2005 as a member of the group managing board. As of July 1, 2005, Mr. Escher assumed the function of vice chairman wealth management UBS.

Mr. Escher graduated in electrical engineering and in business administration from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH).