Andreas Gerber to join LLB Group Executive Management

Liechtensteinische Landesbank / LLB / Key word(s): Personnel Andreas Gerber to join LLB Group Executive Management 21.03.2024 / 07:00 CET/CEST Vaduz, 21. März 2024 - The Board of Directors of Liechtensteinische Landesbank (LLB) has appointed Andreas Gerber as a new member of the Group Executive Management and Head of the Retail & Corporate Banking division, subject to approval by the competent supervisory authority. Andreas Gerber will take up his position on 1 August 2024. He will take over from Urs Müller, who will retire at the end of 2024 after almost 30 years with the LLB Group, including more than 13 years as a member of the Group Executive Management.

Andreas Gerber has more than 35 years of professional experience and in-depth knowledge of the corporate client business, which he has continuously developed in various areas and functions at Credit Suisse. Until July 2023, he was Head of Corporate Clients and a member of the Board of Management of Credit Suisse (Schweiz) AG. Andreas Gerber holds an Advanced Federal Diploma of Higher Education in Business Administration and completed the Executive Programme at the Swiss Finance Institute (SFI) in Zurich and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in Hanover, USA.

Andreas Gerber will join LLB on 1 August 2024. As Head of the Retail & Corporate Banking division, he is responsible for the corporate and direct client business, Private Banking Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Germany as well as Group Investment Advisory and Group Business and Sales Management across the Group. The appointment of Andreas Gerber is subject to the approval of the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority (FMA).

He will take over the operational management after a transition phase of two to three months, ensuring continuity in the management of the Retail & Corporate Banking division.

Urs Müller joined LLB in 1995 as a legal consultant. After holding various positions, he was appointed to Group Executive Management in 2011. He has headed the Retail & Corporate Banking division since 2016, and is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of LLB (Schweiz) AG. Georg Wohlwend, Chairman of the Group Board of Directors, pays tribute to Urs Müller’s achievements: “The Group Board of Directors would like to thank Urs Müller most sincerely for his great commitment to the LLB Group. With his exemplary commitment, he has played a decisive role in the transformation and very successful development of the LLB Group over the past ten years. We wish him all the best for this new chapter in his life.” Gabriel Brenna, Group CEO, expresses his personal appreciation: “Since my arrival at the LLB Group in 2012, I have been very appreciative of Urs Müller’s constructive, reliable and goal-oriented approach. With his profound expertise, his loyalty to the LLB Group and his exemplary commitment to LLB values, he has made a significant contribution to the success of the LLB Group. His achievements include the successful expansion of the corporate client business in Liechtenstein and Switzerland as well as the growth initiatives in Switzerland and Germany. On behalf of my colleagues in Group Executive Management, I would like to thank Urs for everything he has done for the LLB Group and for the wonderful time we spent together.”