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Manuel Ebner
Senior Advisor
„People are a company’s greatest and most unique asset: hiring the right leaders and team members, motivated by common goals and clear leadership, and establishing a performance culture, leads to success"
About Manuel
Manuel studied Engineering and Economics at Stanford University and later earned his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
He has over 20 years of experience as a strategy consultant and over 20 years of experience as CEO of technology companies and banks.
Manuel started his career at Booz Allen and Hamilton in San Francisco and Sydney, he then joined The Boston Consulting Group on Munich and Zurich, where he was elected Partner. He left BCG to join Artificial Life Schweiz AG as CEO and later became CEO of Obtree Technologies in Basel. He returned to consulting as a Partner on the McKinsey & Co. Business Technology Office based in Zurich. He left McKinsey to become CEO of BZ Bank. After four years he was appointed CEO and Country Executive of Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Switzerland. After 14 years he left BofA to pursue non-executive Board mandates. He is currently Venture Partner at ClearSky Power and Technology Fund, Chairman of Arival Bank and Chairman of Smart Wealth Asset Management AG.