Commencing on 1 February 2025, Stefan Bollinger, a partner at Goldman Sachs, has been named CEO of Julius Baer by the board of directors.
Bollinger, a Swiss national, serves as the co-head of private wealth management for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (PWM Europe, Middle East, and Africa) at Goldman Sachs in London.
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He serves on both the European management committee and the global wealth operating group. Under his leadership, the PWM Europe, Middle East, and Africa division has doubled its assets under management in the last five years.
Throughout his three decades in the financial markets, Bollinger has held a variety of positions in wealth management, treasury, trading, structuring, and sales. Throughout his career, he had bases in London, New York, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, and Zurich.
After becoming a partner in 2004, Bollinger joined Goldman Sachs in 2004, and was employed at London’s JPMorgan before going to Goldman Sachs. Bollinger’s employment history began with Zürcher Kantonalbank.
In addition to being a trustee at the London School of Architecture, he also chairs the board of trustees for the London School of Architecture and is a trustee of the AllChild charity, which promotes social mobility.
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By GlobalDataHis credentials include CFA Charterholder, Certified EFFAS Financial Analyst, and Winterthur Business School graduation with honours.
Romeo Lacher, chairman of Julius Baer stated: “We are looking forward to welcoming Stefan Bollinger to Julius Baer. He has an excellent track record in global banking and wealth management. He was instrumental in expanding the presence of Goldman Sachs in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Stefan led and built outstanding businesses, most of them at the intersection of wealth management and capital markets. His experience combines a comprehensive understanding of risk, products, and of how to deliver value to global wealth management clients through building scalable client-centric businesses. He brings a unique combination of leadership, client, and people skills with strong technical knowhow and functional expertise to Julius Baer. Under Stefan’s leadership, we will future-proof Julius Baer as the leading pure-play private bank and create the best conditions for sustainable growth. Our priorities to achieve this are to create value for clients and shareholders in everything we do, to strengthen and to ensure state-of-the-art risk management, and to foster a culture of excellence.”
Bollinger added: “I am excited to be joining Julius Baer and honoured by the opportunity to lead this storied institution. I look forward to working closely with the Board, the management team, and all the people of Julius Baer to capitalise on its unique strengths and to shape the next chapter of client centricity, excellence in risk management, and sustainable growth.”
