Building a Career in Finance... A Young Professionals Event

Dear Young Professionals,

The Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong is pleased to invite you to the event "Building a Career in Finance... A Young Professionals Event"!

The event will take place on 24th September (Tuesday) from 08:00 AM to 9:00 AM at 88/F, UBS, ICC, West Kowloon.

Young Professionals Members Ticket Price: HKD 180

Moderated by Charles-Henry Dubey​ and Severin Kleiber​, you have the opportunity to get in touch with two experts from the financial industry.

Markus Haeny and Benno Jaeggi will be available to answer your questions. Both will talk about their own journey and can give you deep insights into what it takes to build the right path for a career in the financial sector.

Throughout the breakfast, a round table will also be hosted for everyone to share about their experiences as a young professional in Hong Kong. Finally, this session will be a great opportunity for all of you to introduce yourself to fellow YPs and to stay connected in the future as we keep building our community.

Markus Haeny -Co Head FIM APAC at UBS Hong Kong

Markus​ is Co Head FIM APAC, responsible for the team in Hong Kong since 2023. Markus has over 20 years of experience at UBS Global Asset Management and UBS Wealth Management. Over the past 16 years, he has served financial intermediaries and end clients in APAC in various roles: first as a member of the Capital Market Advisory team and then as FIM Client Advisor and Business Developer. In 2018, he was appointed Head FIM Singapore and Co Head FIM APAC in 2021. Markus holds a Master of Advanced Studies in Finance from the University of Bern and a Master of Science in Wealth Management from the University of Rochester, New York.

Benno Jaeggi - Consultant at Egon Zehner, Co-President of SwissChamHK

Benno​ joined the Board in October 2021 and is currently Co-President of the Chamber. After a long career in Financial Services in Hong Kong, he is now a consultant with Egon Zehnder, where he runs the Asian Corporate & Investment Banking and Fintech practices, and the global Blockchain practice. He earned a master's degree in Business and IT management from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and an MBA in Finance from the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.

We would also like to express our gratitude to our gold sponsor UBS​ for hosting this event and a big thank you to CHOMP​ for sponsoring catering.

About Young Professionals (YP) Committee

Started back in 2005, the Young Professionals (YP) Committee of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong has the main objective to create a vibrant platform for our younger members in the early stages of their career to start building their professional network and connect with peers amongst the Swiss business community and other chambers in Hong Kong. Our key mission as a committee is to propose and organise events, seminars, master classes and propose new experiences to the chamber's members.

We look forward to welcoming you soon!