J. Maurice Zufferey manages Spencer Stuart's Switzerland offices. Maurice is a member of Spencer Stuart’s global Financial Services Practice. He co-leads the firm’s global Private Wealth Management Practice and is active in all other areas relevant to financial services. Additionally, he is a member of Board Services Practice in Europe and is active in the firm's Executive Assessment Services business in Switzerland.
Since joining Spencer Stuart in 2001, Maurice has conducted numerous searches, with a focus on corporate centre functions, private banking, asset management, credit and risk management, distribution and middle office. Placements have included chairmen, board members, executive and senior line and functional management officers as well as qualified product or sector specialists. Moreover, Maurice has experience in executive assessment services and benchmark studies. He also recruits human resources and financial officers.
Previously, Maurice spent much of his career with UBS, first as a corporate finance specialist in Zurich, then as an investment banker in London. In 1991, he served as head of the investment banking division in Frankfurt. In 1994, he served as chief of staff, reporting directly to the group executive board, in charge of all management processes related to the bank’s human, financial, strategic, legal, technological and material resources. In 1998, Maurice became chief executive officer of Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, a top international hotel management school.
Maurice graduated with a Ph.D. in history from the University of Zurich, a Master of Law from the University of Lausanne and an Advanced Management degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He is fluent in French, German, English and Italian.