Stefan Seiler is the Head Group Human Resources and Corporate Services and member of the Group Executive Board at UBS AG. In this role, he manages the human resources, real estate, vendor management, communications, branding and marketing, and security functions that support the firm’s long-term success. Since joining UBS in 2011, he has held several key leadership roles, including Head HR for Switzerland and Group Functions, Global Head Talent and Recruiting, and Group Head HR since 2018. He started his career at the Swiss Military Academy at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, where he later returned as Department Head of Leadership and Communication after broadening his experience in the financial sector at Credit Suisse from 2002 to 2006.

Since 2015, he has been an Adjunct Professor at Nanyang Business School at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

His career bridges academic research in leadership, human resource management, management development, moral decision-making, conflict management, intercultural leadership, and leadership ethics with extensive executive experience in global financial services.

He has studied and worked in Switzerland, the UK, the US and Singapore.

Stefan holds a PhD in Education Psychology from the University of Fribourg (CH). He is also a Lieutenant Colonel (Militia) in the Swiss Armed Forces.

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• Fast Company, Managing human resources in a digital world, 1 September 2020 -  LINK
• Gallup, How UBS Became a Company of Internal Career Mobility, 8 October 2020  -  LINK
• Fast Company, This Swiss bank found the key to employee satisfaction, 14 May 2020  -  LINK

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