Nikolaus Senn

Nikolaus Senn (22 October 1926 – 2 November 2014) was a Swiss jurist, economist and banker.

In May 1951 Nikolaus Senn started an internship at the former Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft (SBG).

After eight years as board member, he retired in 1996 and on 16 April 1996 by the general assembly was given the title honorary president of the UBS.

[1] After his retirement, Senn was a sought-after discussion partner in the media on UBS issues.

[2][3][4] Although he held no political office, Nikolaus Senn was an opponent of Christoph Blocher and forced his deselection from the SBG's board of directors, as well he argued forcefully against a takeover of the majority shareholding by Martin Ebner's BZ group.