Noel Quinn
Chairman | Member of the Board since 2025 | Nationality: British and Irish | Born 1962

Member of the Governance & Risk Committee 
Member of the Development & Innovation Committee

Noel Quinn was elected Chairman of Julius Baer in April 2025. He has had a long and distinguished career in the finance industry. He previously spent 37 years at HSBC, where he served as Group Chief Executive Officer for five years until 2024. Prior to that, he held senior positions, including CEO Global Commercial Banking, Regional Head of Commercial Banking, Asia Pacific, and Head of Commercial Banking UK, at HSBC. Noel Quinn holds several other non-executive and advisory roles across different sectors, including as Non-Executive Director of the Sustainable Markets Initiative in the UK. In recognition of his significant contributions to the finance industry and his work in promoting sustainability in the UK, he received a knighthood in 2024. 

Richard M. Campbell-Breeden
Vice Chair | Member of the Board since 2018 | Nationality: British | Born 1962

Chairperson of the Nomination & Compensation Committee 
Member of the Governance & Risk Committee

Richard M. Campbell-Breeden brings to the Board of Directors a wealth of banking and M&A-related experience, having previously spent close to three decades at Goldman Sachs in London, Hong Kong and New York in senior roles and 16 years as a Partner, including as Vice Chairman of Investment Banking Asia Pacific Ex-Japan, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions for Asia Pacific Ex-Japan, Co-Head of European Financial Sponsors Group and Head of UK Investment Banking. He is Chairman of the environmental technology company Arq Limited and Founder of Omershorn Capital Advisors.

Bruce Fletcher 
Member of the Board since 2024 | Nationality: British and American | Born 1960

Chairperson of the Governance & Risk Committee
Member of the Nomination & Compensation Committee 

Bruce Fletcher has close to four decades of industry experience. He was Group Chief Risk Officer of NatWest in the UK from 2018 to 2023. Prior to that, he spent more than 13 years at HSBC, where he held the post of Chief Risk Officer Global Retail Banking and Wealth Management from 2012 to 2018 and previously also served as Chief Risk Officer Europe and Chief Risk Officer UK Banking. Before joining HSBC, he spent over 17 years at Citibank in various risk management functions. Currently, he is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Professional Risk Managers International Association, USA.

Juerg Hunziker
Member of the Board since 2023 | Nationality: Swiss | Born 1963

Member of the Audit Committee 
Chairperson of the Development & Innovation Committee

Juerg Hunziker is a financial services veteran, with more than 40 years’ experience in the financial software, fintech and banking industry, covering a broad range of topics. In 2022, he retired as Senior Advisor to the Group Executive Board from Avaloq, a Switzerland-based global leader in digital banking solutions, where he was Group CEO from 2018 to 2021 and served as Deputy CEO from 2016 to 2017. Previously, Juerg Hunziker held various leadership and senior executive positions at software firm SunGard Financial Systems/FIS in Zurich, Frankfurt, London, and New York, including Group President, Trading, Risk, and Private Banking Systems. He is currently a member of the Advisor Council of Euroclear.

Kathryn Shih
Member of the Board since 2020 | Nationality: British | Born 1958

Member of the Nomination & Compensation Committee 
Member of the Development & Innovation Committee 

Kathryn Shih brings extensive banking experience to the Board of Directors. She spent more than 30 years of her career at UBS in Hong Kong in a variety of leadership roles. From 2016 to 2018, she was President Asia Pacific and a Member of Group Executive Board of UBS AG. Prior to that, she served as Head Wealth Management Asia Pacific and spent five years as Chief Executive Officer of UBS Hong Kong. Among her advisory roles, Kathryn Shih is a Member of the Board of the Advisory Council of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Business School. 

Tomas Varela Muiña
Member of the Board since 2022 | Nationality: Spanish | Born 1960

Chairperson of the Audit Committee
Member of the Development & Innovation Committee

Thomas Varela Muiña is a highly experienced professional, having worked more than 30 years in the financial industry. In his final role, he served as a non-executive Director of TSB Banking Group in Edinburgh and was a Member of the Advisory Council of the financial services body TheCityUK. Tomas Varela Muiña spent almost three decades at Banco Sabadell in Spain and London, where he was Group CFO and General Manager from 2011 to 2021. Tomas Varela Muiña is a Member of the Board of Directors of the international airport management company Aena SME and a Senior Advisor and Director of the investment firm Finalbion in Spain.  He is also a trustee of the Spanish Foundation of Financial Studies in Madrid. 

Eunice Zehnder-Lai
Member of the Board since 2019 | Nationality: Swiss and Chinese (Hong Kong SAR) | Born 1967

Member of the Audit Committee 
Member of the Nomination & Compensation Committee 

Eunice Zehnder-Lai has over two decades of finance industry experience, during which she served for LGT Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch in New York, London, Hong Kong and Switzerland. She also has knowledge in marketing and brand management, having previously worked for Procter & Gamble. In her last position, Eunice Zehnder-Lai was CEO of IPM Institut für Persönlichkeitsorientiertes Management from 2014 to 2018, where she oversaw solutions aimed at enhancing the efficiency of organizations with customers, teams, and employees. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Geberit Group since 2017 and of DKSH Group since 2018. She currently also performs several mandates as an independent trustee of non-profit organisations. 

Olga Zoutendijk
Member of the Board since 2019 | Nationality: Australian and Dutch | Born 1961

Member of the Governance & Risk Committee 
Member of the Audit Committee 

Olga Zoutendijk is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in the banking industry and in management and governance roles. She previously spent four years at ABN AMRO Group, where she was Chair of the Supervisory Board from 2016 to 2018, and four years at Standard Chartered Bank as Group Head of Wholesale Banking Asia. From 2016 to 2022, she was a member of the Board of Governors and Chair of the Audit Committee of the University of Leiden. Earlier in her career, she held senior positions at Westpac Banking Corporation and at ABN AMRO Bank.

Raymond J. Baer
Honorary Chairman of Julius Baer Group Ltd. and Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. (no function within the Board of Directors) since 2012 | Nationality: Swiss | Born 1959

Raymond J. Baer has been Honorary Chairman of Julius Baer Group Ltd., Zurich since 2012. From 2003 to 2012 he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Julius Baer Group Ltd. (until 2009 Julius Baer Holding Ltd.) and of Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd. Before these appointments, he served in various executive positions within the company abroad and in Switzerland for 15 years, lastly as Head of Private Banking Business Line and Member of the Group Executive Board. During his distinguished career, Raymond J. Baer was as member of the Governing Board of the Swiss Bankers Association and a member of the Regulatory Board of SIX Swiss Exchange. He currently serves as President of the Board of Trustees of the Pension Fund of the Julius Baer Group and holds several other non-executive and advisory roles across different sectors.