Credit Suisse is losing a senior banker in Switzerland. The digitalization executive is moving to rival LGT.

Anke Bridge-Haux takes the reins of the Swiss unit of LGT bank at the beginning of November, taking over as CEO of LGT Bank (Switzerland) the Liechtenstein-based financial group announced Wednesday.

Bridge-Haux, who is well known in the Swiss banking industry, will succeed Heinrich Henckel, who will be appointed to the board of directors of the firm, the statement added. The appointment is subject to regulatory approval.

Promoted by Thomas Gottstein

She sits on the executive board as head of Personal & Business Banking (P&BB) of Credit Suisse (Switzerland). Michael Sager, who is currently the operational head of the unit, will take over on an interim basis effective immediately and join the management of the Switzerland unit, Credit Suisse announced separately.

The designated head of LGT Bank in Switzerland has held various management positions at Credit Suisse in Switzerland over the past twelve years. In 2018 she was promoted to head of digitalization & products for all areas of the Swiss business unit, which was under former Credit Suisse Switzerland CEO Thomas Gottstein at the time. A year later, she was promoted to head of digital banking and became responsible for the bank's future projects in the home market.

An earlier stint included UBS, where the product specialist worked in investment banking and wealth management from 2005 to 2010.

Increased Responsibility

As part of further reorganizations at Credit Suisse Switzerland, she took over responsibility for the broad business with private and corporate clients, including the online banking app CSX, as head of P&BB in 2022. 

LGT's head of private banking EMEA Roland Matt welcomed the move saying «with Anke Bridge Haux, we are gaining an extremely accomplished connoisseur of the banking business and the Swiss financial center for LGT Private Banking. We are very much looking forward to working with her and to her expertise, which she will bring to LGT Bank Switzerland.»