- Peter Kurer
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birth_date =June 28 ,1949
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occupation =Chairman ofUBS AG
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Peter Kurer, born
June 28 ,1949 [http://www.ubs.com/1/e/investors/corporategovernance/boardofdirectors/Kurer.html?isPopup=yes] is a Swiss businessman and has beenChairman ofUBS AG since April 23, 2008. [cite web|url= http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=4916067&symbol=UBS |title=Peter Kurer Biography |publisher=businessweek.com|accessdate=2008-10-08] .He chairs the Corporate Responsibility Committee and the Strategy CommitteeUBS AG .Kurer was appointed Group General Counsel and Member of the Group Managing Board when he joined
UBS AG in 2001.In 2002 he was appointed Member of the Executive Board. [http://people.forbes.com/profile/peter-kurer/81867]Biography
Kurer worked with the Zurich office of
Baker and McKenzie law firm as a law clerk at the District Court ofZurich , moving to associate then partner from 1980 to 1990. From 1991 and 2001 he was partner at law firm Homburger AG Zurich. He graduated asdoctor juris from theUniversity of Zurich and was admitted as attorney-at-law in Zurich.Awards and Titles
He holds a LL.M from the
University of Chicago .He is a Visting Committee member to the Law School of The University of Chicago.
He is a member of the Board of Trustees of a foundation which acts as an advisory board to the University of St. Gallen Program for Law and Economics.
He is a member of the Committee of Continuing Education, Executive School of Management, Technology and Law,
University of St. Gallen .References
External links
*Peter Kurer on UBS.com [http://www.ubs.com/1/e/investors/corporategovernance/boardofdirectors/Kurer.html?isPopup=yes]
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