Swiss FINMA Appoints Urban Angehrn as Its New Chief Executive Officer

Fazzaco learned that the Board of Directors of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has appointed Urban Angehrn as its new CEO, effective 1 November 2021.

As seen on his LinkedIn profile, Urban Angehrn is currently a member of the Executive Committee and Group Chief Investment Officer of Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich). He has worked at Zurich for more than 14 years and previously held various roles at Winterthur, Credit Suisse First Boston and JP Morgan.

Urban Angehrn holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics from Harvard University and a Master of Science in Theoretical Physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

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Urban Angehrn said: "I am looking forward to managing FINMA at the high level already achieved together with the Board of Directors and the Executive Board, and helping prepare the financial centre for topics of future relevance."

"With the appointment of Urban Angehrn FINMA is gaining an experienced leader with broad national and international financial market experience in the insurance, banking and asset management industries. In addition, he is very familiar with topics of future relevance such as digitalisation and sustainability, which will shape the financial centre," said Marlene Amstad, Chair of FINMA's Board of Directors.