Mark Hughes

Mark Hughes was elected to the BoD of UBS AG and UBS Group AG at the 2020 AGM. He has been a member of the Corporate Culture and Responsibility Committee and chaired the Risk Committee since 2020. Mr. Hughes was Group Chief Risk Officer of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) from 2014 to 2018. He joined RBC in 1981 and spent his entire career working for that bank in Canada, the US and the UK. He held various senior leadership positions, such as Chief Operating Officer Capital Markets (2008 to 2013) and Head of Global Credit (2001 to 2008). Mr. Hughes served on boards of RBC’s subsidiaries for more than 20 years. Mr. Hughes holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Leeds and an MBA in finance from Manchester Business School.