Years of industry experience : 33 years
Education: Commercial Apprenticeship
Diploma School 'Swiss Certified Banker'
Executive Program at Swiss Banking School
Advanced Executive Program at Swiss Finance Institute
Urs Bretscher is the global head of Funds Primary and Fiduciary Execution in UBS Switzerland AG. He has more than 33 years of experience in the financial industry, with expertise in Back-office, Execution and Sales functions.
He has been working for UBS CH AG since 1986 and is based in Zurich. Urs worked in several locations and on several management levels. Before he has taken over the current function in 2015, he was Head of Securities Services Switzerland for three years and the Global Head of Corporate Actions and Income Processing for the UBS Group for four years.
Urs Bretscher is a Swiss Certified Banker (1995). He graduated the Executive Program at the Swiss Banking School in 2000 and the Advance Executive Program at the Swiss Finance Institute in 2009
