25 Years of Risk Management by Christian Bluhm and the Swiss Risk Award 2024

25 Years of Risk Management by Christian Bluhm

Christian Bluhm invites you to explore his 25-year career in risk management—a journey marked by challenges, learning, and success. With experience spanning roles at leading institutions, he will share his personal journey—highlighting the lessons learned, the challenges overcome, and the strategies that shaped his success. Whether you’re aspiring to a career in finance, navigating your own professional challenges, or simply eager to understand the human side of leadership in high-stakes environments, Christian’s reflections promise to inspire and inform.

Swiss Risk Award 2024

The Swiss Risk Award is an annual award for an outstanding contribution to the field of risk management, celebrating innovation. We are honoured to reveal the winner of the “Swiss Risk Award 2024” in an award ceremony – the prize will be handed over by Christian Bluhm.

The Swiss Risk Award was established in 2017. Every person or team working for a Swiss company or institution can nominate themselves or be nominated and win the prize money of CHF 2’500 CHF.

Agenda

17:30:  Name Tag Collection
18:00:  Welcome (Walter Farkas)
18:05:  Swiss Risk Award 2024 (Anton Seidel) – Announcement by Mr. Bluhm and Award Presentation
18:15:  Keynote Speech (Christian Bluhm)
18:45:  Q&A (All)
19:15:  Networking Drinks (All)
20:15: End

Presenters

Christian Bluhm: Senior Advisor to the Group CEO of UBS AG

Christian Bluhm became a member of the GEB and was appointed Group Chief Risk Officer of UBS Group AG and UBS AG in January 2016. In June 2024, he stepped down from the Group Executive Board and became Senior Advisor to the Group CEO.
He joined UBS from FMS Wertmanagement where he had been Chief Risk & Financial Officer since 2010 and Spokesman of the Executive Board from 2012 to 2015. From 2004 to 2009, he worked for Credit Suisse where he was Managing Director responsible for Credit Risk Management in Switzerland and Private Banking worldwide. Mr. Bluhm was Head of Credit Portfolio Management until 2008 and then Head of Credit Risk Management Analytics & Instruments after the financial crisis in 2008.
From 2001 to 2004, he worked for Hypovereinsbank in Munich in Group Credit Portfolio Management, heading a team that specialized in Structured Finance Analytics. Before starting his banking career with Deutsche Bank in Credit Risk Management in 1999, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University in Ithaca and as a scientific assistant at the University of Greifswald. Mr. Bluhm holds a degree in mathematics and informatics from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and received his PhD in mathematics in 1996 from the same university.

The Swiss Risk Award ceremony will be moderated by Anton Seidel, Board Member of Swiss Risk Association.

Flagship event

Flagship events are free public events. Established leaders present, discuss and answer questions from the audience. Followed by networking drinks.