Hubertus Kuelps

Moderator - Head of Group Communications and responsible, Pictet Group Foundation

Before joining Pictet in 2020, Hubertus Kuelps was Group Head Communications & Branding at UBS for seven years. In 2017 he took on the additional role of Head of UBS in Society, the firm’s unit coordinating all activities related to sustainability. Prior to that, he spent 11 years with Allianz Group, where he worked in several operational and communications roles in Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia and the US. This was followed by two years as Head of Global Communications at SAP. 

A lawyer by training, he started his career at Helmchen & Grothe Law Offices in Berlin, followed by a two-year stint at the German American Chamber of Commerce in New York.

Mr. Kuelps holds a BA in History from Middlebury College (Vermont, USA), and passed the bar exams at the University of Heidelberg Law School (1st bar exam) and State of Brandenburg (2nd bar exam).