Stefan Arn is a remarkably successful entrepreneur in the technology sector with a wealth of experience in the banking sector, execution of strategic global initiatives and leadership of cross-cultural, transcontinental organisations of more than 3'000 UBS IT professionals.
As an energetic and charismatic personality, Stefan has a solid track record of successfully delivering innovative, differentiating next-generation banking capabilities at the best value for money to the UBS Wealth Management and Corporate & Institutional businesses around the world, alongside the private client/Retail business in Switzerland. By executing key strategic programs such as TBTF (White/NewCo), Cetus Germany and One Platform he is acting as a key enabler for UBS' strategic ambitions and priorities.
Besides Stefan Arn's pivotal achievements on the Change-the-Bank, digital strategy, innovation and transformational agenda, he ensures provisioning rock-solid production stability on industrialised and standardised platforms.
Stefan Arn studied computer science at ETH Zurich. He was a successful entrepreneur in the IT industry before joining UBS in 2007. He is an opinion leader within the IT industry, an established name in the media landscape, a top-rated international keynote speaker, visionary and recognised for his tech-savvy innovative mind set as well as a trusted C-Level adviser.
He was awarded Ernst & Young's 'Entrepreneur of the Year 2003' and represented Switzerland at the 'World Entrepreneur of the Year'. Stefan Arn is Board Member of ‘ingCH – Engineers Shape our Future’, ICTswitzerland – umbrella association of IT and Telecom associations and RISE – Research Center for Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship of the University of St. Gallen.
Stefan Arn, born in 1961, lives in the upper Zurich lake region. He is a passionate race car driver.