Dr. Caroline Kuhnert
Trustee
Caroline is a Member of the Supervisory Board of ERSTE Group Bank AG and sits on the Strategy and Sustainability, as well as the Remuneration Committees. She has been a Trustee of The Power of Nutrition since 2019, where she was involved in the selection and transition processes for the leadership team.
She combines Board and Executive Committee leadership experience with a 35 year track record across commercial and investment banking and wealth management. Most recently she served as an Exco member of the Global Wealth Management Business of UBS in Zurich, where she was responsible for Central and Eastern Europe, Greece and Israel. Prior to that she worked in Austria, Eastern Europe and London with a focus on emerging markets. During her 27 years at UBS she also served on several UBS subsidiary boards in Europe and emerging markets as well as on the UBS Board for Sustainable Investments, the Global Visionaries Board and on the Board of the African Youth Initiative. Caroline has a strong track record of growing and turning around businesses, risk management, developing talent at all levels, and supporting diversity initiatives.
She has a Doctorate in Energy Policy and a Masters in Political Science. Caroline feels passionately about nutrition and its impact on the development of children and young adults. For many years, she has pursued her interests in development in the most deprived countries on the globe. With her knowledge of the energy industry, she was an early proponent of energy transition and more broadly of promoting all aspects of ESG, supporting the critical role that financial institutions are playing in this respect.