Tapner takes top job at UBS Asia Pacific

Rory Tapner shifts from Europe to Hong Kong to replace Clive Standish.

Cherie Marriott

March 18, 2004

Several months after Clive Standish was invited to become chief financial officer of UBS in Zurich, the bank has named Rory Tapner as the new chairman and CEO of Asia Pacific. Standish moves into his new office on 1 April, while Tapner takes up the Hong Kong posting on 1 May.

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