The Julius Bär Group has nominated Caroline Kuhnert and Elaine Arden for election to its board of directors at the annual general meeting in April 2027, according to an announcement from the Zurich-based private bank. The bank stated that the appointments are intended to strengthen the board with additional expertise and advance diversity goals, as previously announced by Chairman Noel Quinn in March.
Caroline Kuhnert brings extensive experience in international wealth management and Swiss private banking. She spent approximately 20 years at UBS in wealth management, most recently serving on the Global Wealth Management Executive Committee in Zurich. Her career includes responsibility for various businesses across Switzerland, Europe, Emerging Europe, Great Britain, the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. She also led the ultra-high-net-worth client and global family office business in the EMEA region, with additional focuses on cross-border risk management and restructuring. Kuhnert, an Austrian native who also holds Swiss citizenship, resides in Switzerland.
Elaine Arden brings experience in human resources, corporate culture, and large-scale bank transformations. She served as Director Group Human Resources at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), where she contributed to the realignment and downsizing of an international banking group that then employed around 120,000 people across 30 countries. She later joined HSBC, supporting the organizational and strategic transformation of a group with approximately 220,000 employees in 64 countries while leading one of the bank's major global HR organizations. Arden retired from HSBC last year.
Julius Bär stated that Kuhnert will contribute know-how in private banking and the Swiss market, while Arden will supplement the board with her experience in large-scale transformations, remuneration matters, and talent and succession planning. The precise composition of the board and its committees following the planned elections will be announced in March 2027 alongside the invitation to the general meeting.
