Mr. Axel P. Lehmann

Axel P. Lehmann is the Chairman of Credit Suisse Group AG since January 2022. Additionally, he chairs the Governance and Nominations Committee and the Credit Suisse Foundation.

Axel P. Lehmann has more than three decades of professional experience, spanning the financial services industry and an academic career. During the last 25 years, he has worked in both the international insurance and global banking sectors.

Prior to joining Credit Suisse, Axel P. Lehmann was a member of the Group Executive Board of UBS Group, initially as Group CEO and then as President Personal & Corporate Banking and President UBS Switzerland. Between 2009 and 2015, he served as a non-executive director and a member of the Risk Committee of UBS Group and was a member of the Governance and Nominating Committee from 2011 to 2013.

Earlier in his career, he spent almost 20 years at Zurich Insurance Group, of which 14 years were as a member of the Group Executive Committee. His various roles at Zurich Insurance Group included responsibility for the insurer’s European and North America business, group IT and as Chief Risk Officer.

Axel P. Lehmann currently holds mandates at several academic and non-profit institutions, including serving as an adjunct professor at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. 

He holds a PhD in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA.