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Silke Waterstraat

Member of the Board of Directors

Silke Waterstraat
Wallbach, Switzerland

Experience

Jan 2024 - Present
2 years 1 month

Member of the Board of Directors

Old-Age and Survivors' Insurance Compensation Office of the Canton of Solothurn

  • Public independent organization of the first pillar of the Swiss pension system with CHF 1.5 billion distributed pension insurance benefits and CHF 0.5 billion in pension insurance contributions
  • Responsible for audit, risk management, finance/budgeting, investments and human resources
Apr 2023 - Mar 2024
1 year

Chairperson, Audit and Oversight Advisory Committee

International Organization for Migration (United Nations)

  • Represented the AOAC on the Standard Committee on Programmes and Finance (SCPF) and Annual Meeting of the Chairpersons of the Audit Committees of the UN System
  • Setting the board’s agenda and ensuring appropriate governance
  • Maintaining a culture of open discussions and exchange with the organization and external stakeholders (e.g., external auditor, ambassadors of member states)
Dec 2022 - Jun 2024
1 year 7 months

External Member, Investment Committee

International Organization for Migration (United Nations)

  • Elaborating investment proposals to the Treasury Risk Committee
May 2022 - Jun 2024
2 years 2 months

External Member, Treasury Risk Committee

International Organization for Migration (United Nations)

  • Further development of the investment policy and performance and risk benchmarks
  • Segregation of duties in the treasury section
  • Establishment of the current treasury committee structure
Mar 2021 - Present
4 years 11 months

Member of the Board of Directors

Raiffeisenbank Möhlin

  • Regional cooperative bank with balance sheet of CHF 1.2 billion and four branches
  • Representing risk management, treasury and market expertise on the board
  • Initiation and management of the business development project corporate/transaction banking
  • Member of the Nomination Committee for the recruitment of the new CEO (2023-03-01 – 2023-12-31)
Nov 2020 - Present
5 years 3 months

Member, Audit and Oversight Advisory Committee

International Organization for Migration (United Nations)

  • Overseeing internal audit, risk management, investigations and evaluations and finance
  • Interacting regularly with HR, Ethics and the Ombudsman
  • Elaboration and sounding of a committee workplan for the AOAC
Jan 2020 - Present
6 years 1 month

CEO / Owner

Certon GmbH

  • Consulting firm in the areas of finance, treasury, accounting and corporate governance
  • ETH Zurich (from 2025-02-01): Lecturer for Introduction to Finance and Advanced Finance, including financial statement analysis, budgeting, investment decisions, treasury and risk management
  • Biogas Zurich AG (from 2024-09-01): External secretary to the board providing management and financial reporting, budgeting and governance support during M&A phase
  • Zurich Insurance Group (2021-01-01 – 2023-12-31): IFRS 9 implementation; member of the leadership team within the Investment Accounting and Administration department. Responsible for external audit, ECL methodology and business model assignments
  • Kalaidos University (2020-01-01 – 2022-12-31): Lecturer in bank controlling
Jan 2020 - Dec 2023
4 years
Düsseldorf, Germany

Member of the Scientific Board

Cryco Think Tank

  • Think tank for future research in connection with financial and economic issues
Jan 2019 - Dec 2020
2 years

Board of Directors / Committee Member

Swiss Bankers Association

  • Represented Swiss Bankers Association at Economiesuisse, Swiss Conference of the Commercial Training Professions (SKKAB) and SAQ Standards Committee
  • Discussing banking regulation at the highest political levels
Jan 2018 - Present
8 years 1 month

Lecturer, Institute for Finance

University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland

  • Teaching management accounting/controlling, treasury, digital finance (SAP FICO, Python), corporate governance, sustainable finance and banking at bachelor, master and executive levels
  • Won public tender for firm-wide, multi-year sustainable finance education for Basel Cantonal Bank
  • Established an international double degree program on bank treasury risk management
  • Won public tender from the Swiss Federal Office on Spatial Development ARE for practice-oriented research on sustainable finance embedding in civil society
Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
2 years
Basel, Switzerland

Chairperson of the Audit Committee & Member of the Board of Directors

familea

  • Responsible for financial management, audit including interaction with the external auditor, controlling/budgeting and review of the financial statements
  • Standardization of management reporting
  • Revision of the cost allocation method
  • Improvement of the internal control system
Jan 2017 - Jul 2020
3 years 7 months
Basel, Switzerland

Member of the Extended Executive Board, Head CEO and Board Office

Swiss Bankers Association

  • Led the CEO office for the day-to-day management of the secretariat (60 FTE)
  • Influenced regulatory and legislative initiatives in banking and asset management (Basel III, sustainable finance)
  • Strategic advisory and agenda setting at board level
  • Monitoring of corporate governance guidelines
  • Strategic priority setting
  • Leadership of projects (culture change, restructuring)
  • Management of external stakeholders (regulatory bodies, associations)
  • Membership fee strategy and budgeting
Jan 2016 - Dec 2017
2 years
Basel, Switzerland

Senior Group Governmental Affairs Advisor

UBS

  • Project leader for advocacy work in conduct, treasury (Liquidity & Funding, Basel III), operational risk, remuneration and corporate governance
  • Team leadership
Jan 2015 - Dec 2016
2 years
Basel, Switzerland

Head of Commercial Viability (Business CFO)

UBS Asset Management

  • Set up and implemented a commercial viability/KPI framework within product management across all asset classes pension products
  • Steered economic profitability of the Asset Management division
  • Responsible for financial reporting of funds and strategies (invested assets USD 1.1 trillion)
Jan 2011 - Dec 2015
5 years
Basel, Switzerland

Chief of Staff / Chief Administration Officer, Group Treasury & Secretary to the Group ALCO

UBS

  • Set agenda and authored proposals in treasury/ALM areas (FX risk management, liquidity reserve management, interest rate risk strategies, Repo, XVA, etc.) for the Group ALCO
  • Communicated decisions and coordinated follow-up with GEB, BoD RC and BoD
  • Oversaw regulatory relationships worldwide for Treasury, internal control, HR, IT planning (budget CHF 350 m), vendor and cost management
  • Interface to external auditors
Jan 2010 - Dec 2011
2 years
Basel, Switzerland

Director, Treasury Reporting

UBS

  • Provided external quarterly and annual reporting and management reporting to the Group ALCO and BoD RC
  • Held controlling responsibilities including Treasury budgeting, P&L tracking and internal cost allocation
Jan 2008 - Dec 2010
3 years
Basel, Switzerland

Director, FX Risk Management - Group Finance

Ciba (now part of BASF)

  • Led short- and long-term hedging activities for Northern and Eastern Europe and advised Asia (excluding Japan) on local hedging strategies
  • Member of Hedge Report Meeting with Group CFO and Group Treasurer to develop hedging strategies for FX, IR and commodity risks
  • Supported pension fund management
Jan 2007 - Dec 2008
2 years
Basel, Switzerland

Financial Analyst, Investment Research

Basel Cantonal Bank

  • Analyzed energy and communication sectors globally
  • Managed a CHF 1.5 billion multi-asset portfolio including pension assets
  • Monitored, purchased and sold stocks for discretionary mandates
  • Maintained the bank-wide bond recommendation list
  • Provided buy-side analysis and recommendations for private banking clients
  • Set up the sustainable mandates product line
Jan 2006 - Dec 2007
2 years
Basel, Switzerland

Portfolio Manager

Basel Cantonal Bank

  • Executed investment decisions made by the research team
  • Managed sector weightings in equities and bonds
Jan 2005 - Dec 2006
2 years
Zürich, Switzerland

Assistant Investment Management

HSZ Group

  • Performed cash management of funds, share register and deal settlement
  • Calculated NAV and performance fees for investment funds
  • Supported investment reporting including pension funds
Jan 2004 - Dec 2005
2 years
Herisau, Switzerland

Junior Investment Professional

Säntis Investment

  • Made cold calls to private and institutional investors for a new private equity fund
  • Researched potential investments, including biotech startups
  • Created sales brochures, website content, and organized events

Summary

Silke is a senior finance executive with 20+ years experience in finance, audit, risk management and treasury / asset and liability management.

She has built a demonstrable track record in external and internal reporting and budgeting as well as investment management and corporate governance.

She is experienced in the financial sector, NGOs, the chemical industry and academia.

Skills

  • Ms Office
  • Bloomberg/eikon Refinitiv
  • Spss
  • Sap S/4 Hana
  • Hyperion (Basic)
  • Triple A
  • Python (Basic)

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced
French
Advanced
Japanese
Intermediate

Education

Oct 2010 - Jun 2015

University of St Gallen

Ph.D. · Business Administration (Accounting, Controlling, Auditing) · St. Gallen, Switzerland

Oct 1999 - Jun 2004

RWTH Aachen University

Master’s · Industrial and Organisational Psychology · Aachen, Germany

Oct 1999 - Jun 1999

Tokyo International University / University of St Gallen / University of Konstanz

Japan Studies Program · Japan

...and 2 more

Certifications & licenses

Certificate Of Advanced Studies Board Of Directors

University Of Applied Sciences Lucerne

Python For Everybody

University Of Michigan

Sustainable Business Strategy Program

Harvard University

Certificate Of Higher Education

University Of Basel

Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA)

AZEK / CFPI

Federal Diploma In Financial Analysis And Asset Management

AZEK / CFPI

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