Walter Berchtold

Background

Berchtold, Walter was born in 1962.

Education

Diploma in commerce, Neue Schule, Zurich.

Career

Trader precious metals options department Credit Suisse First Boston Future Trading SA, Geneva, 1982—1987, assistant vice president, head, Japanese convertible notes trading team, 1987—1988, director, shared responsibility business activities including trading, sales and operations Zurich, 1988—1991. Head, equity derivatives trading and coverage department, member senior management Credit Suisse, 1991—1993, head, equity trading, 1993—1994, overall responsibility for all Credit Suisee Securities Trading & Sales activities globally, 1994—1997, Chief Executive Officer, since 2004. Head, trading and sales Credit Suisse First Boston, Switzerland, country manager, 1997—2003, head, trading and sales, 2003—2004.

Member, executive board Credit Suisse Finance Service, 2003—2004, Chief Executive Officer, banking, 2004, acting head, trading and sales, 2004. Member, executive board Credit Suisse Group, since 2003, Chief Executive Officer, Credit Suisse, member committee executive board, 2004—2005, Chief Executive Officer, private banking Credit Suisse, mem executive board Credit Suisse and Credit Suisse Group, since 2006. Board directors Swiss Stock Exchange, since 1996, Eurex, since 1998, Virt-x, since 2001.

Achievements

• Walter Berchtold has been listed as a noteworthy bank executive by Marquis Who's Who.