Julius Baer Group Ltd. appointed Victoria McLean to Julius Baer and Executive Board. With the arrival of the new Chief Compliance Officer, company will complete the formation of new risk organisation. Under the leadership of Ivan Ivanic, newly appointed Chief Risk Officer, the Group has undertaken fundamental upgrades to its Risk organisation and underlying processes.
This was underpinned by several key senior appointments including the internal promotion of Stefano Pollina to Chief Credit Officer and the recruitment of Carl-Erik Schranz as Head of Credit Risk Management for Mortgages. Stefano Pollina has built a strong track record over more than a decade as Chief Credit Officer Asia. Carl-Erik Schranz brings more than 25 years of in-depth experience from key senior credit roles at UBS across Mortgages including Recovery Management as well as Structured Lombard.
Following the announcement on 20 May 2025 to create a separate Chief Compliance Officer position on the Executive Board, the Group has appointed Victoria McLean in this role effective end of February 2026, subject to final regulatory approval. Victoria McLean is a senior compliance professional with over 30 years of expertise in wealth management, working in large financial services institutions with global footprints. She joins Julius Baer from Goldman Sachs, where she has served as Head of Private Wealth Management Compliance EMEA since 2012, and assumed responsibility for regional country compliance across EMEA since 2021.
Victoria McLean holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Sheffield.
