Mara Harvey

Managing Director, Head UHNW Germany, Austria and Italy, UBS Wealth Management

Mara is a senior leader in Wealth Management who is passionate about driving innovation. She brought to life a global change program to better serve female clients and is an advocate for SDG 5. Mara is driven by the belief that daily investment decisions are an untapped source of positive social change, and is committed to changing the face of the financial industry. Since joining the firm in 2000, she has served in wealth management, risk transformation and capital management, strategy and organisational design, among other areas. Mara holds a doctorate with highest honors in Political Economy from Fribourg University and a degree in Economic Policy and Econometrics. She is a published author and has two decades of experience in gender equality matters.

Tatjana von Steiger

Deputy Head, Global Cooperation Department, Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)

Tatjana is focused on promoting globalisation conducive to development, especially cross-border themes and the challenges of climate change, food security, water management, health and migration. Earlier in her career, she was the head for Sustainable Development & Humanitarian Affairs at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations, which she joined in late 2012. Tatjana has a Master’s Degree in Russian and Slavic Literature and Journalism and is a trained mediator.

Maya Ziswiler

Head Social Finance, UBS Optimus Foundation

Maya is responsible for leveraging social finance solutions to mobilize private capital in new and more efficient ways. She spearheaded the foundation's work on the first Development Impact Bond in Education and has been supporting the potential of public private partnerships. Previously, she was the Foundation's Program Director for Education and Early Childhood Development. She joined UBS-OF from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria where she was responsible for managing partnerships with the private sector. Previously, Maya worked for UNICEF in Peru and Procter & Gamble's development and export markets. Maya holds degrees from McGill University and the University of Geneva.

Dr. Martina Gaus

Head of Optimus Philanthropy Services Switzerland, UBS Optimus Foundation

Martina is the head of Optimus Philanthropy Services for UBS in Switzerland and manages the client advisory and partnerships of the foundation in Switzerland. Earlier, she served as Director for Program Strategy and Performance, developing metrics for impact measurement across all areas. Martina brings 10 years of experience in strategy consulting at UBS Wealth Management internal consulting unit, Booz & Company and Executive Insight. She has an MBA from the University of St. Gallen HSG and a doctoral degree in Sociology.

UBS

UBS is the preeminent universal bank in Switzerland, the only country where we operate in all five of our business areas: personal banking, wealth management, corporate and institutional clients, investment bank and asset management. We are fully committed to our home market, as our leading position in Switzerland is crucial in terms of sustaining our global brand and profit stability. Drawing on our network of around 280 branches and 4,500 client-facing staff, complemented by modern digital banking services and customer service centers, we are able to reach approximately 80% of Swiss wealth and serve one in three households, high net worth individuals and pension funds, more than 120,000 companies, and around 80% of banks domiciled in Switzerland.

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