Bank Cler: Samuel Meyer becomes new CEO

Samuel Meyer becomes the new CEO of Bank Cler. At the same time, he will become an Associate Member of the Executive Committee of Basler Kantonalbank. In his new role, Samuel Meyer will continue to head the Sales division. With this move, Bank Cler wants to emphasize the importance of customer focus and proximity in its future positioning, according to a media release. Bank Cler Ltd. is headquartered in Basel. Its offering is focused on the needs of private and real estate clients as well as private banking. In the 2021 financial year, the bank generated net interest income of CHF 181.3 million.

Clear focus on sales

The choice of Samuel Meyer as CEO of Bank Cler represents "a clear signal for the future orientation of Bank Cler as a distribution bank," according to the statement. In making its selection, the board of directors said it attached importance to a great deal of experience in the banking business, strength of implementation and a pronounced customer orientation. Meyer brings exactly these prerequisites with him. Together with his management team, he has successfully developed the sales department over the past two years and focused the sales organization even more strongly on customers, Bank Cler continues to write. Samuel Meyer will take up his position as CEO on May 1, 2022. He succeeds Mariateresa Vacalli, who is leaving the bank due to her nomination to the Board of Directors of Swiss Post Ltd.

Samuel Meyer started his career at UBS in 2002. After an all-round internship, he first became Head of the UBS Ahornhof branch. He then managed various branches in the Basel-Stadt area before becoming Head of Private Clients UBS Rayon Basel Aeschenvorstadt at the end of 2017 and was appointed Deputy Head of Private Clients UBS Basel Region at the beginning of 2018. From August 2018 to October 2019, he was Head of Private Clients at Basler Kantonalbank BKB and Deputy Head of Sales Private Clients BKB. Since November 2019, he has been Head of Sales at Bank Cler. Samuel Meyer is married and father of four children.

Successor from the existing management

In addition to the areas of sales and finance and risk, a third business area is being created to strengthen sales. This comprises units responsible for the development, management and support of sales. The Board of Directors of Bank Cler has initiated an evaluation process for the management of this business area. This person will also become a member of the Executive Board at the same time. A communication on this will follow as soon as the decision has been made.

The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Basil Heeb, is convinced that with Samuel Meyer, Bank Cler has nominated the ideal CEO for its future direction and planned growth. "I am very pleased that we have been able to recruit Samuel Meyer as a successor from the existing management team. With his extensive experience in the banking business, his high level of customer orientation and his entrepreneurial thinking, Samuel Meyer is the ideal candidate for this position."

Source: Bank Cler