Jürg Zeltner

Growing up, Zeltner wanted to study veterinary medicine, but ended up doing an internship at Swiss Bank Corporation which later merged with Union Bank of Switzerland to form his current employer UBS.{{cite news|title=UBS Seen Winning|newspaper=Bloomberg.com|date=16 April 2013|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-04-16/ubs-seen-winning-as-wealth-management-emulates-pimco|publisher=Bloomberg|accessdate=18 April 2016}} Zeltner holds a diploma in Business Administration from the College of Higher Vocational Education in Bern and attended the six-week Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

Zeltner joined the Corporate Client division of the Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC) in 1987. Between 1987 and 1998, Zeltner occupied numerous roles at Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC) within the Private and Corporate Client division in Bern, New York City, and Zurich: Amongst other roles, Zeltner was Credit Risk Officer for Corporate and Institutional clients.

Following the merger of SBC with the Union Bank of Switzerland (SBG/UBS) to become UBS in 1998, Zeltner was appointed as head of Portfolio Management for Risk Transformation and Capital Management.

From 2005 to 2007 he occupied the position of CEO at UBS Deutschland, Frankfurt. In November 2007, he was appointed as Head of Wealth Management North, East & Central Europe. From February 2009 to January 2012 he was co-CEO of Wealth Management and Swiss Bank.

He was the President of UBS Wealth Management from November 2014 to December 2017 with more than 2 Trillion Assets under Management globally.{{Cite news|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/jurg-zeltner-appointed-board-member-and-group-ceo-of-kbl-epb-as-european-wealth-management-firm-targets-accelerated-growth-300856454.html|title=UBS Wealth Chief to Be Replaced in ReshuffleJürg Zeltner Appointed Board Member and Group CEO of KBL epb as European Wealth Management Firm Targets Accelerated Growth|date=2019-05-24|work=prnewswire.com|access-date=2019-12-09|language=en}}

On 4 December 2017, UBS announced Zeltner would step down from GEB at the end of the year. He retired from the firm in 2018. The Board of Directors then appointed Martin Blessing, a former President of Human Resources and Corporate Banking, and President of UBS Switzerland, to succeed him as President of Wealth Management.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-13/ubs-wealth-chief-zeltner-is-said-to-be-close-to-stepping-down|title=UBS Wealth Chief to Be Replaced in Reshuffle|date=2017-12-13|work=Bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-03-12|language=en}}

In 2019, Zeltner was appointed Group CEO and member of the Board of Directors at KBL European Private Bankers. He made a significant co-investment in the pan-European private banking group.{{cite web|url=https://paperjam.lu/article/suisse-jurg-zeltner-prend-tete |title=Le Suisse Jürg Zeltner prend la tête de KBL epb | Paperjam News |publisher=Paperjam.lu |date=2019-05-24 |accessdate=2020-03-23}}

Zeltner was nominated for the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank on 15 August 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://www.db.com/newsroom_news/2019/juerg-zeltner-fuer-den-aufsichtsrat-der-deutschen-bank-nominiert-de-11554.htm|title = Deutsche-Bank-Medien}} but resigned from his position at the end of 2019. On 24 January 2020, Deutsche Bank nominated Sigmar Gabriel as Zeltner's successor.db.com: [https://www.db.com/newsroom_news/2020/sigmar-gabriel-nominated-to-join-deutsche-bank-s-supervisory-board-en-11462.htm Sigmar Gabriel nominated to join Deutsche Bank‘s Supervisory Board]

On 17 November 2011, UBS held their annual Investor Day in New York. Zeltner gave a presentation on the UBS Wealth Management Division, in which he outlined how the business was positioned in the financial markets and in view of future growth. He pointed out that UBS's strategy is centered around its wealth management business.

In February 2015, Zeltner was awarded second place among the ten best global private banking CEOs of 2015. He revealed the strategies behind the Wealth Management division. According to him, there was a shift from asset gathering and product manufacturing to clients advisory, and, with the markets moving so rapidly, portfolio diversification. According to Zeltner, the focus of wealth management had to be advising clients on how to position their portfolio, and on carrying research on asset allocation and on investment management. With regard to the move of the Swiss National Bank to unpeg the Swiss franc from the euro, he affirmed "the sharp fall in the Swiss equity markets and the currency turmoil highlight the importance of portfolio diversification. Anyone who follows this principle and holds securities in all the world's major markets, hedging their currency risks, is financially better equipped to cope with this decision, giving UBS the opportunity to demonstrate to clients why they need us."{{cite web|title=UBS Turns a Corner: Future Looks Bright for Swiss Bank |date=27 January 2015 |url=https://www.euromoney.com/Article/3421655/UBS-WM-chief-says-tougher-times-for-advisory-model.html|publisher=Euromoney|accessdate=16 February 2015}} In 2016, Zellner's work to improve private banking was appreciated even by his competition.{{cite web|url=https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner/2016/2/11/zeltner-s-zeal-for-private-banking.html|title=Zeltner's Zeal for Private Banking|website=global|language=en|access-date=2017-07-02}}

• Member of the IMD Foundation Board, Lausanne{{cite web|url=http://www.imd.org/board-member/corporate-governance/member-s-z/?mrk_cmpg_source=ad_sem_aw_lp_bg-imd_17|title=IMD Board Members from S to Z|website=IMD business school|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-28}}

Zeltner was Chairman of the UBS Optimus Foundation until he retired from the UBS at end of 2017.

At the World Economic Forum of 2015, UBS presented the Davos Challenge, Walk for Education, encouraging 1000 delegates to walk for bicycles for children in South Africa. Zeltner took the challenge together with Axel A. Weber and other UBS participants.{{cite web|title=Davos Attendees To Wear Fitbits, Raise Money To Buy Bikes For Needy Kids|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/20/davos-challenge-education_n_6489232.html|work=HuffPost|date=20 January 2015|accessdate=23 December 2015}}

• June 2012
• The changing face of wealth management{{cite web |url=https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner/2012/6/20/the-changing-face-of-wealth-management.html |title=The changing face of wealth management | UBS Global topics |access-date=16 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231192107/https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner/2012/6/20/the-changing-face-of-wealth-management.html |archive-date=31 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}
• November 2012
• Portfolio returns in both good and bad times{{cite web |url=https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner/2012/11/9/portfolio-returns-in-both-good-and-bad-times.html |title=Portfolio returns in both good and bad times | UBS Global topics |access-date=16 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231190552/https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner/2012/11/9/portfolio-returns-in-both-good-and-bad-times.html |archive-date=31 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}
• April 2013
• The Wealth Management of the future{{cite web |url=https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner/2013/4/22/the-wealth-management-of-the-future.html |title=The Wealth Management of the future | UBS Global topics |access-date=16 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127074951/https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner/2013/4/22/the-wealth-management-of-the-future.html |archive-date=27 November 2015 |url-status=dead }}
• November 2014
• Aiming to create 'better insight from better data' - by Jürg Zeltner{{cite web |url=https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner/2014/11/17/better-insight-from-better-data.html |title=Jürg Zeltner: Better insight from better data | UBS Global topics |access-date=16 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231190351/https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner/2014/11/17/better-insight-from-better-data.html |archive-date=31 December 2014 |url-status=dead }}
• April 2015
• "Wir reden über sehr viel Geld"{{cite web |url=https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner/2015/4/14/_wir-reden-ueber-sehr-viel-geld.html |title="Wir reden über sehr viel Geld" | UBS Global topics |access-date=16 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618210225/https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner/2015/4/14/_wir-reden-ueber-sehr-viel-geld.html |archive-date=18 June 2015 |url-status=dead }}
• September 2015
• To survive and thrive, big banks need to collaborate and adapt - by Jürg Zeltnerhttps://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner/2015/9/18/to-survive-and-thrive--big-banks-need-to-collaborate-and-adapt--.html {{dead link|date=March 2020}}
• February 2016
• Zeltner's Zeal for Private Bankinghttps://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner/2016/2/11/zeltner-s-zeal-for-private-banking.html {{dead link|date=March 2020}}
• September 2017
• Seizing the Opportunities for Growth in Wealth Management{{Cite web|url=https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner/2017/9/14/seizing-the-opportunities-for-growth-in-wealth-management.html|title=Seizing the Opportunities for Growth in Wealth Management | UBS Global topics|date=31 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180731044941/https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner/2017/9/14/seizing-the-opportunities-for-growth-in-wealth-management.html|archive-date=31 July 2018}}

• [https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner.html Curriculum vitae on UBS website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231135708/https://www.ubs.com/global/en/about_ubs/follow_ubs/juerg_zeltner.html |date=31 December 2014 }}
• [https://vimeo.com/91623772 Interview from Bloomberg Television]

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