Michael Baldinger
Former CSO of UBS
Michael Baldinger was the Chief Sustainability Officer at UBS until 2025. In this role, he was responsible for implementing the Group Executive Board-sponsored sustainability and impact strategy and provided oversight for sustainability-related projects and activities across UBS.
Mr. Baldinger also represented UBS Group as President of the Swiss Banking Association’s Expert Commission on Sustainable Finance.
He joined UBS in November 2016 as Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing at Asset Management (UBS AM), with the mandate to position UBS AM as a leader in sustainable and impact investing. During this time, Mr. Baldinger established an industry-leading Sustainable Investing (SI) platform, hired a dedicated SI Specialist team and elevated SI as a key business driver for the Asset Management division.
Before joining UBS, Mr. Baldinger was the CEO of RobecoSAM. In addition, he was responsible for driving the RobecoGroup sustainable investing agenda. He was appointed CEO of RobecoSAMin 2011 having joined as Head of Global Clients & Marketing in 2009.
Mr. Baldinger joined RobecoSAMfrom Credit Suisse Asset Management where, as a Managing Director, he was Head of Distribution for the Americas in New York. Prior to Credit Suisse, he was a Managing Director Principal with Bear, Stearns & Co. in New York, responsible for Institutional Equity Sales for Swiss clients from 1999-2005.
