Crédit Suisse après le krach (News 2024, by Mark Henley) - Swiss Press Award
Mark Henley
The man at the helm when the ship went down. Alex P. Lehmann, Chairman of Credit Suisse presiding over it's last General Assembly, just after it's controversial emergency buyout by the other large Swiss bank UBS, with support from the Swiss Government.
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Mark Henley
March heralded the announcement that UBS, the largest Swiss bank, would be acquiring its biggest competitor, the ailing Credit Suisse. Therefore, when Credit Suisse’s annual general meeting was held in Zurich on 4th April, it was to be the bank’s last. Chairman of the Board of Directors Axel Lehmann has been re-elected, but the shareholders fail to pass the fixed compensation package for members of the executive board (2). At the Hallenstadion, climate protestors are wearing masks with the faces of Credit Suisse chief executives (3). Another protest is held on the Paradeplatz, by the UBS headquarters (4). When UBS hold their AGM in Basel on 5th April, their Chairman of the Board of Directors, Colm Kelleher, is in high demand (5).
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