Ermotti taps UBS veterans for Credit Suisse transition team

BLOOMBERG 

UBS Group AG Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sergio Ermotti selected one of the lender’s former executives, Tom Naratil, to be a key member of the new management team, according to a report by NZZ.
Naratil will become the group’s chief financial officer (CFO) and lead the integration division that will oversee Credit Suisse merger, the newspaper said.
Bloomberg had reported on the American’s possible return after leaving the bank late last year. In almost four decades at the firm, Naratil held a number of senior positions including CFO and co-head of wealth management.
UBS expects the takeover to close in May but Chairman Colm Kelleher previously said the integration may take as long as four years due to the challenges inherent in the deal’s complexity.
The paper said Ermotti is relying on other UBS veterans including wealth boss President Iqbal Khan, UBS Switzerland President Sabine Keller-Busse, and UBS Chief Compliance Officer Markus Ronner.
UBS reappointed Ermotti as CEO in April to oversee the historic acquisition of Credit Suisse after its rival collapsed. The Swiss lender said Ermotti was better suited to oversee the integration than his predecessor Ralph Hamers. Ermotti previously ran UBS as CEO from 2011 to 2020.