Colm Kelleher: The Corkman leading the rescue of Credit Suisse

UBS is to take over the failing Credit Suisse in a €3bn deal following a weekend of frantic negotiations which involved the Swiss government and banking regulators.

In 2021, Colm Kelleher was named as the chairman of the Swiss banking giant UBS - the world’s largest wealth manager. Pic: Pete Marovich/Bloomberg

Cork native and chairman of UBS Colm Kelleher has found himself heading up the multi-billion euro rescue of the failing investment firm Credit Suisse which is at the centre of the latest banking crisis.

Originally from Bandon, Mr Kelleher, 65, spent much of his career working for US investment bank Morgan Stanley, joining the company’s London office in 1989.