Investor Relations

Mission Impossible?
Amid financial turmoil, who would want to handle a bank's communications?

With bad news continuing to pour out of the banking sector, it takes a brave person like Tom Hill to want to take charge of a bank's financial communications.

Hill recently stepped down after three years as UBS's chief communication officer. But there's a twist. As before, Hill's replacement as CCO, Michael Willi, will report to the CEO and handle the Swiss bank's global corporate and brand communications. But unlike Hill, Willi won't be responsible for investor relations or preparing financial material. Those responsibilities stay with Hill in a new post dedicated to financial communications. Critically, Hill now reports to CFO John Cryan. continue