Oliver Bussmann
Group CIO UBS, Financial Services
Oliver Bussmann - Award winning Global C-Level Executive & Director
Oliver Bussmann's Bio:
Oliver Bussmann has gained a worldwide reputation as a technology thought leader and driver of large-scale transformation at global organizations in the Financial Services and Hi-Tech Industry. As Group Chief Information Officer of UBS from 2013 to 2016 he successfully led a major IT transformation effort, instituted a new group-wide innovation framework and established UBS as a pioneer in the development of blockchain for use in financial services. Prior to joining UBS Oliver was Global Chief Information Officer at SAP for four years, where he also spearheaded significant technological transformation, and was CIO for North America & Mexico at Allianz. Previous roles included executive positions at Deutsche Bank and IBM.
Oliver's achievements have been widely recognized. In 2015 he was named COO/CTO of the year by Financial News/The Wall Street Journal, and this year won the Global CIO Award from the Indian Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM). In 2015 he won Best Technology Executive at the American Financial Technology Awards and in 2013 the Elite 8 Award, which is given to the most innovative leaders in technology working in capital markets by Wall Street & Technology Magazine. For the past two years Financial News has included him on its "Fintech 40" list of innovators shaping the future of finance. In 2012, Oliver received the European of the Year award from INSEAD and CIONET.
Oliver Bussmann's Experience:
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Group CIO at UBS
June 2013 - Present | Zurich -
Executive Vice President & Corporate Officer/Global CIO at SAP
September 2009 - April 2013 | Frankfurt, Germany -
Deputy CEO at Deutschland sicher im Netz e.V.
July 2012 - April 2013 | Berlin/Germany"Deutschland sicher im Netz - Germany safe on the internet" sponsored by the German Government and Industry is a non-profit association to increase IT security to do business over the internet.
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Member of the Advisory Board at IVI Innovation Value Institute of the National University of Ireland
July 2010 - April 2013 | Dublin/Ireland -
Executive VP/Regional CIO--North America & Mexico at Allianz of America Corp.
April 2006 - July 2009 | San Francisco, CA -
Executive Vice President, Group Information Technology at Allianz SE
July 2003 - March 2006 | Munich, Germany -
Managing Director, IT at Allianz Global Investors
May 2000 - May 2003 | San Francisco, CA -
Managing Director, IT Private Banking at Deutsche Bank
April 1997 - April 2000 | Frankfurt, Germany -
Sales Manager, Retail Banking IT Solutions at IBM
August 1990 - March 1997 | Frankfurt, Germany
Oliver Bussmann's Education:
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INSEAD
2010 – 2010Global Leadership Development ProgramConcentration: Business Management -
IESE Business School - University of Navarra
1999 – 1999Global Program for Management DevelopmentConcentration: Global Program for Management Development -
Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat Munster
1985 – 1990MBAConcentration: Business Administration
Oliver Bussmann's Interests & Activities:
FinTech, Blockchain, Startups, Transformation. Innovation, SaaS, Cloud, Big Data, Private Equity,