4 Group Executive Board

Group Board of Management of LLB Group (photo)

From left to right: Christoph Reich, Gabriel Brenna, Roland Matt, Natalie Epp, Urs Müller, Kurt Mäder

4.1 Members

4.1 Members

Name

 

Year of birth

 

Natio­nality

 

Function / Area of responsibility

 

Member of the Group Executive Board since

Roland Matt

 

1970

 

FL

 

Group Chief Executive Officer

 

2009

Urs Müller

 

1962

 

FL / CH

 

Head of Retail & Corporate Banking Division
Vice Group Chief Executive Officer

 

2011

Gabriel Brenna

 

1973

 

CH / I

 

Head of Private Banking Division

 

2012

Natalie Epp

 

1977

 

AT

 

Head of Institutional Clients Division

 

2016

Kurt Mäder

 

1962

 

CH

 

Group Chief Operating Officer

 

2009

Christoph Reich

 

1974

 

CH

 

Group Chief Financial Officer

 

2012

The LLB Group’s organisational structure is consistently geared towards client and market needs. For this purpose, the Retail & Corporate Banking (Urs Müller), Private Banking (Gabriel Brenna) as well as Institutional Clients (Natalie Epp) Market Divisions are represented at Group Executive Management level. The Group Chief Financial Officer (Christoph Reich) as well as the Group Chief Operating Officer (Kurt Mäder) are also Members of Group Executive Management. The Group Executive Board consists of six members including the Group Chief Executive Officer (Roland Matt).

Roland Matt

Education:

  • Business economist FH, 1995
  • Federally qualified financial analyst and asset manager, 1999
  • Federally qualified finance and investment expert, 2002

Professional career:

  • Head of Research, VP Bank AG, Vaduz, 1999
  • Head of Asset Management Division, VP Bank AG, Vaduz, 2000–2001
  • Family Office Project Head, VP Bank AG, Vaduz, 2002

Liechtensteinische Landesbank:

  • Head of Investment Services, 2002–2006
  • Head of Domestic Clients Division, 2007–2008
  • Member of the Group Executive Board and the Board of Management, since 2009
  • Head of Domestic Market and Institutional Market Divisions, 2009 until March 2011
  • Head of International Market Division, April 2011 until 15 January 2012
  • Vice Chairman of the Group Executive Board and the Board of Management, April 2011 until 15 January 2012
  • Group Chief Executive Officer, since 16 January 2012

Other functions:

  • Member of the Board of the Liechtenstein Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Member of the Board of the Liechtenstein Bankers’ Association
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Personnel Pension Fund Foundation of Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG
  • Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the “Future Foundation of Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG”

Urs Müller

Education:

  • Licentiate in law, University of St. Gallen (HSG), 1993

Professional career:

  • Auditor, Unterrheintal District Court; Associate Court Clerk, Oberrheintal District Court, 1993–1995

Liechtensteinische Landesbank:

  • Legal Counsel, 1995–1998
  • Head of Legal & Compliance, 1998–2006
  • Head of Institutional Clients Division, 2007 until April 2011
  • Member of the Group Executive Board and the Board of Management, since April 2011
  • Head of Domestic Market and Institutional Market Divisions, April 2011 until June 2012
  • Head of Institutional Clients Division, 1 July 2012 until 30 June 2016
  • Head of Retail & Corporate Banking Division, since 1 July 2016
  • Vice Group Chief Executive Officer, since 1 July 2012

Board of Directors’ mandates in Liechtensteinische Landesbank Group companies:

  • LLB Asset Management AG (Member)
  • LLB Berufliche Vorsorge AG, Lachen (Chairman)

Other functions:

  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the “Future Foundation of Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG”

Gabriel Brenna

Education:

  • M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1993–1998
  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Semiconductors, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, 2000–2004

Professional career:

  • Project Leader, Philips Semiconductors, Zurich, 1998–1999
  • Research and instruction, ETH Zurich, 2000–2004
  • Senior Project Leader, Advanced Circuit Pursuit, Zollikon, 2002–2004
  • McKinsey & Company, Zurich and London; most recently, Partner and Head of Swiss Private Banking and Risk Management Practice, 2005 until September 2012

Liechtensteinische Landesbank:

  • Member of the Group Executive Board and the Board of Management, since 1 October 2012
  • Head of Private Banking Division, since 1 October 2012

Board of Directors’ mandates in Liechtensteinische Landesbank Group companies:

  • Liechtensteinische Landesbank (Österreich) AG, (Head of the Supervisory Board)
  • Bank Linth LLB AG (Member)
  • LLB Asset Management AG (Vice Chairman)
  • LLB Services (Schweiz) AG (Chairman)

Other functions:

  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the “Future Foundation of Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG”

Natalie Epp

Education:

  • Mag. Iur., University of Innsbruck, 2000
  • Executive Master of European and International Business Law, University of St. Gallen, 2006

Professional career:

  • Legal assistant at the Liechtenstein Bankers’ Association, 2003–2005
  • Private labelling client adviser at the Liechtenstein Fund Management Company IFOS, 2006–2007
  • Member of senior management at the Liechtenstein Fund Management Company IFOS, 2008–2010

Liechtensteinische Landesbank:

  • Head of the Institutional Clients Business Unit, 2011 until 30 June 2012
  • Head of Fund Services Business Area, 1 July 2012 until 30 June 2016
  • Member of the Group Executive Board and the Board of Management, since 1 July 2016
  • Head of the Institutional Clients Divisions, since 1 July 2016

Board of Directors’ mandates in Liechtensteinische Landesbank Group companies:

  • LLB Fund Services AG (Chairwoman)
  • LLB Asset Management AG (Chairwoman)

Other functions:

  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the “Future Foundation of Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG”

Kurt Mäder

Education:

  • Federally qualified physicist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, 1987
  • Dr. sc. nat., ETH Zurich, 1992

Professional career:

  • Scientist, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, 1992–1994
  • Senior scientist, Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire, Lyon, 1994–1996
  • Head of Operations, ELCA Informatik AG, Zurich, 1996–2004
  • Member of the Board of Management, Bank Linth LLB AG, Uznach, 2005–2008

Liechtensteinische Landesbank:

  • Member of the Group Executive Board and the Board of Management, since 2009
  • Head of Corporate Service Center, 2009 until June 2012
  • Group Chief Operating Officer, since 1 July 2012

Board of Directors’ mandates in Liechtensteinische Landesbank Group companies:

  • Liechtensteinische Landesbank (Österreich) AG (Member)
  • Bank Linth LLB AG (Member)
  • LLB Beteiligungen AG (Vice Chairman)
  • LLB Verwaltung (Schweiz) AG (Vice Chairman)
  • Data Info Services AG (Chairman)

Other functions:

  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the “Future Foundation of Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG”

Christoph Reich

Education:

  • Federally qualified licentiate in economics, FHS St. Gallen, 1999
  • Executive MBA, University of St. Gallen (HSG), 2009

Professional career:

  • Commercial apprenticeship, St. Galler Kantonalbank, Buchs (SG), 1990–1993
  • Investment adviser for private clients, St. Galler Kantonalbank, Wil (SG), 1994–1996
  • Senior consultant, KPMG Consulting (from October 2002, Bearing Point), Zurich, 1999 until mid-2003
  • Team manager Budget and Management Services, Asian Development Bank, Manila / Philippines, 2003–2006
  • Partner at Syndeo AG, Head of Accounting and Controlling for Banks, Horgen / ZH, end of 2006 until October 2010

Liechtensteinische Landesbank:

  • Head of Group Finance & Risk Department, November 2010 until 15 January 2012
  • Member of the Group Executive Board and the Board of Management, since 16 January 2012
  • Chief Financial Officer, 16 January 2012 until 30 June 2012
  • Group Chief Financial Officer, since 1 July 2012

Board of Directors’ mandates in Liechtensteinische Landesbank Group companies:

  • Liechtensteinische Landesbank (Österreich) AG (Vice Chairman)
  • Bank Linth LLB AG (Member)
  • LLB Asset Management AG (Member)
  • LLB Beteiligungen AG (Chairman)
  • LLB Verwaltung (Schweiz) AG (Chairman)

Other functions:

  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the “Future Foundation of Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG”

4.2 Other activities and commitments

Apart from the mandates specified in No. 4.1, the members of the Group Executive Board are not involved in the management or supervisory boards of important Liechtenstein, Swiss or foreign private or public law corporations, establishments or foundations, nor do they exercise any permanent management or consultancy functions for important Liechtenstein, Swiss or foreign interest groups, nor do they perform official functions or hold political office.

4.3 Number of permitted activities

Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG is not subject to the Swiss ordinance against excessive compensation in listed public limited companies (OaEC). Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG has not issued any regulations on the number of permitted activities.

4.4 Management contracts

Liechtensteinische Landesbank has not concluded any management contracts.