UBS Announces Two Executives Changes in India

Swiss multinational investment bank UBS has promoted its long-time employee, Uday Odedra as India Country Head, effective 1 January 2021. What's more, he will continue to take on the role of Head Group Technology in the APAC region.

Additionally, the company also nominated Harald Egger, Head Group Corporate Services and Country Head India, as first Chairman for UBS India. The Chairman’s post has recently been generated due to UBS having advanced to this region. Egger will remain in his current role as Group Head Corporate Services. 

Odedra joined the bank in 1997, where he spent for more than 23 years. Over the course of his career, Odedra held various roles in Group Technology before being named Head of Technology, APAC in 2017. In 2015, he engaged in establishing the UBS Business Solution Centers in India and since then he has been based in Pune. Prior to working in India, Odedra was the Co-head for UBS Group Finance Technology. This project was completed in one year and located in London, UK.

Egger was appointed as India Country Head in 2017, and has spearheaded the establishment of the UBS-Business Solution Centers in India and the 6,700+ team, which is based in Pune, Mumbai and Hyderabad, and provides services to UBS businesses globally. In his new role, Egger will provide strategic oversight and direction for UBS-BSC services in the region. He will relocate to Switzerland to continue in his global role.

“My time in India has been an outstanding and inspiring experience, and I am excited to be retaining close ties to the region in my new role. I am confident that Uday’s skills as a leader and unparalleled knowledge of the business will provide further momentum to UBS’s business in India,” said Egger.

“I am very proud to lead the incredible team we have in India. We’ve come a long way in the last five years and have an exciting journey ahead of us. I am committed to ensuring that the business continues to grow and maintain its track record of service excellence,” said Odedra.