Stefan Bollinger
Chief Executive Officer | Nationality: Swiss | Born 1974

Stefan Bollinger has been Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the Executive Board of Julius Baer since January 2025. He also serves as Chair of the Global Wealth Management Committee. He previously spent two decades at Goldman Sachs, where he was a Partner and most recently held the post of Co-Head of Private Wealth Management Europe, Middle East and Africa, as well as serving as a Member of the European Management Committee. Before that, he worked for J.P. Morgan in London and New York. Stefan Bollinger is a CFA Charterholder and a Certified EFFAS Financial Analyst.

Nic Dreckmann
Chief Operating Officer and Deputy CEO | Nationality: Swiss | Born 1974

Having joined Julius Baer in 2004, Nic Dreckmann performed a number of senior positions before being appointed as Chief Operating Officer and a Member of the Executive Board in 2017. In addition to these responsibilities, he managed the global Intermediaries business from 2020 to 2024. In 2024, he assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer ad interim for the Julius Baer Group. Before joining Julius Baer, he worked as a management consultant for Accenture. Nic Dreckmann graduated with a Master's degree in Business Administration and Corporate Finance and he completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He is a certified risk manager (FRM) and assumes various roles in financial services industry bodies.

Evangelia (Evie) Kostakis
Chief Financial Officer | Nationality: Greek and American | Born 1976

Evangelia (Evie) Kostakis was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Julius Baer and Member of the Executive Board in 2022. She joined Julius Baer in 2013 in the role of Deputy Head Corporate Development & Strategy. From 2017 to 2019, she served as Deputy Head Investment Management and Head Alternatives before being appointed as Deputy Chief Financial Offer in 2020. She previously spent more than 13 years in various expert and leadership functions in the financial services industry, including at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers and Morgan Stanley Asset Management in New York. She holds a Master in Public Policy and is a CFA Charterholder. Evie Kostakis is a Member of the Board of Directors of AMINA Bank AG, Zug.

Ivan Ivanic
Chief Risk Officer | Nationality: Slovakian | Born 1974

Ivan Ivanic has been Chief Risk Officer and a member of the Executive Board since July 2025. He joined Julius Baer in 2025 as Chief Credit Officer, bringing with him over twenty-seven years of experience in managing financial risk across wealth management and corporate & investment banking at global systemically important banks such as UBS and Citigroup. He served in various Chief Credit Officer and Regional Chief Risk Officer functions since 2011, managing different types of risk in credit, market, and treasury. Ivan Ivanic holds a Master’s Degree in Operations Research and Econometrics from the University of Economics and Business in Bratislava and a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business and Management from the Hogeschool van Utrecht.

Christoph Hiestand
General Counsel | Nationality: Swiss | Born 1969

Christoph Hiestand has been with Julius Baer since 2001 and has held the role of Group General Counsel since 2009. He was appointed as a Member of the Executive Board in 2009 and performed this role for a decade before rejoining the Executive Board in 2024. Earlier in his career, he worked as an attorney-at-law in law firms in Switzerland and Germany, and he graduate with a degree in Law (lic. Iur.) and a Master of Law (LL.M.).