After the extremely large 2007/2008 losses posted by UBS, its chairman Marcel Ospel resigned on 1 April 2008, and Mr. Blocher was rumoured to be considered as his replacement.
Serra has held positions in many companies in the private sector, including president of Telettra España (1998-1991) and Peugeot-Talbot España (1992-1996), founder and chairman Airtel Móvil (1994-1996), vice-president and president of Cubiertas MZOV (1989-1995), and chair of UBS Spain (2000-2006).
Hicom 300 is a telephone exchange system from Siemens, originally sold in the US as the ROLM 9751-9006i, and is used by big companies such as UBS, Swisscom, Nestlé and Tamco.
Prior to joining the board at the Acumen, she enjoyed an illustrious career as the former Chairman of UBS AG Global Asset Management and a former senior executive at Paine Webber.
The Network was constructed in 2002 and cost around $850 million to construct as a Joint Venture of Leighton Contractors ($140m) and Macquarie Bank using state of the art equipment from suppliers such as Lucent and financed by a consortium including Leighton Holdings, Macquarie Bank, National Australia Bank, Deutsche Bank, UBS Capital and WestLB.
Kohn personally has represented whistleblowers in the O. J. Simpson murder case, the World Trade Center bombing cases, the Oklahoma City bombing case, the Linda Tripp-Privacy Act case, and the Bradley Birkenfeld-UBS AG tax evasion case.
Before founding Tricadia Holdings, Mr. Barnes had worked at UBS and Paine Webber, and Bear Stearns.
In the context of a gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit, the plaintiff Laura Zubulake moved to obtain from defendants UBS Warburg LLC, UBS Warburg and UBS AG ('UBS') “all documents concerning any communication by or between UBS employees concerning the Plaintiff.”
In June 2009 he was appointed CEO and Chairman of UBS AG, Asia Pacific, succeeding Rory Tapner.