I utilize my broad and extensive professional experience to advise financial institutions, boards and institutional stakeholders on regulatory strategy, board and risk governance architecture and cross-border structuring in complex or transformational situations.
I further provide support in strategic oversight matters and complex | special situations and render independent expert opinions.
The advisory approach combines independence, analytical rigour and practical board and risk governance experience.
Mandates are typically focused, senior-led and tailored to the specific governance and risk context of each organisation.
Board & Executive Advisory Profile
Dr. Andreas Weber, LL.M.Eur, FCSI, FICA – Independent Advisory
Zurich, Switzerland
Solicitor (England & Wales) | Rechtsanwalt (Germany, OLG Frankfurt)
University Lecturer
Languages: German | English | French
International regulatory strategist and governance architect
with 30+ years’ experience advising global financial institutions
including UBS, Standard Chartered, JPMorgan, American Express and Ahli United Bank
Trusted advisor to Boards, Risk Committees and Executive Management on:
- Regulatory strategy and supervisory engagement
- Corporate and Risk Governance architecture
- Cross-border wealth management and central booking models
- Market entry, licensing and de-risking
- Post-merger integration and non-organic growth
Specific areas of expertise include experience across Europe, Middle East, India and Asia-Pacific
Regulatory Expectations
- "Good corporate Governance needs to be part of every company's DNA" - SFC Hongkong
- Institutions must "take due account of foreign supervisory legislation and define a service model appropriate for each target market" - FINMA
- "The board should establish a strong risk culture" - Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
Typical Clients
- Wealth managers expanding cross-border
- Financial institutions facing regulatory investigation | remediation
- Boards seeking independent regulatory perspective
- Firms entering new jurisdictions
- Businesses seeking to improve their risk profile to protect reputation and results
Differentiators
- Combines legal, regulatory and commercial judgement
- Deep multi-jurisdictional execution experience
- Experienced regulator interlocutor
- Academic authority in crisis planning
About
Short Executive Biography
Dr. Andreas Weber is an international regulatory strategist and governance expert with more than 30 years of leadership experience in global financial institutions including UBS, Standard Chartered and JPMorgan.
He specializes in regulatory strategy, cross-border structuring and governance architecture. He has led multi-jurisdictional transformation programs, negotiated with UK, EU and US regulators, and designed Board and risk governance frameworks at group level.
As Program Director for the UK FSA pilot Recovery & Resolution initiative at Standard Chartered, he developed systemic impact modelling, liquidity recovery planning and subsidiarization strategies. At UBS, he has led the redesign of cross-border regulatory frameworks across emerging markets and supported licensing, de-risking and business expansion initiatives.
Dr. Weber holds a Doctorate in Law (Dr. iur.) focusing on crisis planning of international financial institutions and lectures in cross-border banking, Governance, Compliance, information protection and crisis management at leading Swiss and German universities.
Following his decision to step back from direct Corporate roles, Dr. Weber now advises boards, executive teams and investors on complex tasks, successfully navigating regulatory and structural challenges.
Publications
- Institutional and guarantee liability as state aid according to the EC-Treaty : consequences for counterparties of public law financial institutions) http://scidok.sulb.uni-saarland.de/volltexte/2014/5870/
- The legal framework for a self-directed crisis planning of international financial institutions: the possible contribution of the financial markets to avoid and to manage future liquidity or credit crises by way of a review of the German bank restructuring act in a comparison of laws and regulations perspective and in a contrast to alternative options http://scidok.sulb.uni-saarland.de/volltexte/2014/5908/
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Selected Leadership Roles
• 2011 – 2026, UBS, based Singapore and Zurich,
Regional Head Compliance Controls, Hong Kong and Singapore and Cross-border | Regional Legal, Middle East, Turkey, Israel, Greece, Africa and Poland
• 2005 -2011, STANDARD CHARTERED, based London,
Regional Head Legal & Compliance, Europe (UK, Falklands, Turkey, Jersey, France and Switzerland); Director, Regulatory Response (Group Treasury); Programme Director, Global Recovery and Resolution Planning (Group Strategy); Head of Risk Governance (Group Risk); Head Global Integration American Express Consumer Bank (Legal & Compliance, Financial Crime Risk, Operational Risk Assurance)
• 2003 -2005, AHLI UNITED BANK, based Manama,
(an Investment, Merchant and Retail Bank in Bahrain, London, Guernsey, UAE, Iran, Qatar and Kuwait),
Group General Counsel, Group Corporate Secretary and Group Head Compliance, Insurance, Corporate Communications and Marketing
• 2001 – 2003, AMERICAN EXPRESS, based London,
Head Compliance - Global Brokerage and Membership Banking
• 1993 – 2000, JPMORGAN, based Frankfurt, Mumbai and London,
Assistant General Counsel and Compliance Officer; India Head Legal and Compliance
• Earlier: Articled Clerk (Rechtsreferendar), Academic Assistant at University and Military Service, based Germany and US