Dr. Dirk Klee

Dr. Dirk Klee, Designated Country Manager BlackRock Switzerland and Senior Advisor to the BlackRock EMEA Wealth business, has established himself as an experienced, innovative leader who is passionate about building and leading client-focused businesses. Throughout his 25+ year career, he has held key leadership positions at some of the world's leading financial institutions. Most recently, he was Board Member at VP Bank and CEO of Bitcoin Suisse. Prior to that, he ran Barclays’ Wealth Management & Investments business as CEO and served as COO for International Wealth Management at UBS. Before his previous tenure at BlackRock, as Country Head for Germany from 2008 to 2013, Dirk led PIMCO’s business development in Germany for a decade. Dirk is a lawyer, holds a Master of Law from the London School of Economics (LSE) and graduated Dr. jur. from the University of Mainz.