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Carole Schmied-Syz is active as an academic lawyer in the fields of contract and liability law. She used to be politically active as well: for example, she was a mem- ber of the Zurich Constitutional Council. She holds a number of other mandates: she is a trustee of the Right To Play Foundation, and in the cultural field she is a member of the board of the Friends of the Tonhalle-Ge- sellschaft Zürich. Furthermore, she chairs our bank’s art committee. Prof. Bruno Gehrig Member of the Board of Directors Bruno Gehrig (b.1946), Prof. Dr rer. pol. Dr h.c., has been a member of our private bank’s Board of Direc- tors since 2014. He was a professor at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) and Director of the Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance (s / bf-HSG) at the HSG prior to being appointed as a member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank from 1996 to 2000, and its Vice-Chairman from 2001 to 2003. He was subsequently a member of a num- ber of Boards of Directors: Swiss Life Holding AG, Chair- man; Swiss International Air Lines AG, Chairman; Roche Holding AG, Vice-Chairman; and UBS AG, member. Urs Lauffer Member of the Board of Directors Urs Lauffer (b.1958), Swiss Certified PR adviser/man- agement consultant, has been a member of our private bank’s Board of Directors since 2010, of the Board of Directors of Maerki Baumann Holding AG since 2009, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of CHSZ-Hold- ing AG since 2021 (2007–2020 member). Urs Lauffer is a co-owner of Lauffer & Frischknecht, a company active in the field of management consul- tancy for communication. He is also a member of vari- ous Boards of Directors and Trustees: he is Chairman of Rahn AG, Vice-Chairman of Emil Frey Holding AG, Chair- man of the Fritz Gerber Foundation for talented young people and the Paradies Foundation for Social Innova- tion, and Vice-Chairman of the Swiss Life Perspektiven Foundation. 9 Maerki Baumann & Co. AG