Simone Westerfeld
Deputy CEO, Global Head of Private Wealth Management
Simone Westerfeld joined the ODDO BHF Group in June 2026 as Deputy CEO and Global Head Private Wealth Management.
Prior to that, she had been with UBS since 2019, most recently as COO in the Group Integration Office with global responsibility for Group Internal Consulting. She was a member of the Executive Board of UBS Switzerland since 2020 and headed the Swiss-wide business for private clients (Personal Banking).
She is also Professor of Banking & Finance at the School of Finance at the University of St. Gallen (HSG).
From 2015 to 2019, she held various management positions, including CFO and CRO, as well as interim CEO and Chair of the Group Executive Board at Basler Kantonalbank.
Westerfeld began her career at UBS in Zurich in 2000 after completing a banking apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank and studying business administration in St. Gallen and Stockholm.