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December 01, 2011 at 08:51 AM
UBS (UBS) said Thursday that Philip Lofts is re-assuming his post as head of risk for the Swiss-based firm and that Bob McCann will now head UBS operations in the Americas. Maureen Miskovic, who had been chief risk officer for UBS since January, is leaving the firm.
The changes come two weeks after Sergio Ermotti was officially made CEO and are the first management rearrangement since the trading scandal that cost the Swiss bank more than $2 billion in September. (Ermotti replaced Oswald Gruebel, who stepped down after the unauthorized trades were discovered.)
“Bob McCann has always been viewed positively by the retail salesforce whether at UBS or at his former firm, Merrill Lynch,” said Mark Elzweig, an executive search consultant in New York, in an interview with AdvisorOne. “He’s regarded as someone who really understands the concerns and issues of brokers. I think that UBS advisors will be very happy with this news.”
McCann (left) came to UBS in 2009, after leading Merrill Lynch’s wealth-management operations. In addition to his new role as CEO of UBS Group Americas, which includes about 6,900 advisors, McCann will continue to lead UBS Wealth Management Americas. (On Wednesday, UBS adopted a mobile-technology strategy for its U.S.-based financial advisors.)
Lofts, who joined UBS in 1984, was chief risk officer of the global bank between November 2008 and December 2010 and became CEO of UBS Americas in January 2011, when Miskovic was tapped as the group’s new CRO.
Also on Thursday, UBS said Ulrich Körner (who joined UBS in 2009) will take over the role of CEO UBS Group Europe, Middle East and Africa in addition to his current role as COO of the UBS Group and CEO of the bank’s corporate center.
