At the upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 10 April 2019, the Board of Directors of Julius Baer Group Ltd. will propose Romeo Lacher for election as new non-executive Chairman of the Board. Effective that date, he will succeed Daniel J. Sauter, who decided not to seek re-election after his tenure of 12 years as Board member, of which he served the past seven as Chairman. The Board of Directors further nominates Eunice Zehnder-Lai and Olga Zoutendijk for election as new members of the Board. They will complement the Board, as Andreas Amschwand (announced in September 2018) and Gareth Penny are not seeking re-election at the AGM in April 2019. All of the other current members of the Board of Directors will stand for re-election. Romeo Lacher (born 1960) is a Swiss citizen. He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of SIX Group AG since 2016 and served as its Vice Chairman from 2008 until 2016. He is expected to keep this mandate also as Chairman of Julius Baer. Furthermore, he is member of the Board of Directors of Wordline SA. Eunice Zehnder-Lai (born 1967) is a dual Swiss and Hong Kong citizen who gained broad executive experience in Greater China, Switzerland and the United States. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Geberit Group and DKSH Group. Until November 2018, she was CEO of Institut für Persönlichkeitsorientiertes Management AG. Olga Zoutendijk (born 1961) is a dual Australian and Dutch citizen, with 30 years of experience in banking in Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States. During her career, she held senior executive positions in retail, corporate and investment banking with ABN AMRO Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and Westpac Banking Corporation. From 2014 to 2018, Olga Zoutendijk was a member of the Supervisory Board of ABN AMRO Group N.V., which she chaired from 2016 to 2018. She is a member of the Board of Governors of Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Julius Baer Gruppe AG (the Group) is a Switzerland-based private banking group, with an exclusive focus on servicing and advising private clients and independent asset managers. The Group has a global presence with approximately 50 locations in more than 25 countries and jurisdictions. Julius Baer Gruppe AG was established through spin off from Julius Baer Holding AGâs businesses into two independent entities, namely the Company, together with its subsidiaries, comprising Bank Julius Baer & Co Ltd as its principal operating entity, and GAM Holding, together with its subsidiaries, comprising GAM and the Julius Baer-branded asset management business, which includes the private label funds business that formerly was part of Julius Baer Holding Ltdâs Bank Julius Baer segment. The Group diversifies its operations into geographical segments, including Switzerland, rest of Europe, Americas, and Asia and Other Countries.