Stephan Surber

Senior Partner
&  Global Head of Private Equity Practice & Head of Switzerland and Belux
Switzerland

C-Level for portfolio companies of Private Equity and Family Office owned firms. Such as CEO and CFO‘s. Asset Management, Private Equity and Infrastructure.

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Stephan Surber has started his career at Credit Suisse in 2000 within the institutional Asset Management business in Switzerland. After 5 years of financial services experience, and a stay abroad in New York, he joined PageGroup in 2005 fascinated about the people business. He started to build our Michael Page brand in Zurich and launched the Financial Services business and later co-leading the Michael Page Zurich operation.

With the rebranding in 2012 to PageGroup, he started to launch our Executive Search brand Page Executive to build the Senior level search to top management business in Switzerland starting from Director up to Managing Director, Business Unit Head’s and C-Level. 

Stephan has successfully completed over 200 executive search projects in Switzerland and has a strong network in the industry. He is our Global Head of Private Markets practice at Page Executive and is animating efforts and synergies for our clients and international executive talents.

Stephan is a certified assessor at SHL and has a master’s in leadership & management. He is a trusted partner for our recurring clients helping them over the years with talent solutions and executive search. A sensitive feel about client needs, integrity, empathy, loyalty distinguish him. He is a well-respected long-term search partner with 19 years' experience at PageGroup in Switzerland.
 

Industry

Industry

  • Financial Services
  • Private Equity

Function

Function

  • CFO & Financial Management
  • Interim
  • Operational & General Management
  • Sales
  • Sustainability

Track Record

  • 10+ CEO – Succession planning
  • 10+ CFO – for Private Equity owned companies
  • CEO, COO, CFO – Private Equity owned consumer industry
  • CEO, COO, CFO – Infrastructure Manager
  • CIO –  Swiss Pension Fund
  • Head of Infrastructure – Global Private Equity firm
  • Head of Impact Investing - Swiss Asset Manager
  • Managing Director – Family Office
  • Head of Private Equity –  Family Office
  • Partner and Investment Director’s – Private Equity firm
  • 10+ Private Markets investment team – Family Office
  • Head of Institutional Sales – Insurance company
  • Head of DACH Sales – Asset Manager
  • Head of Private Debt – Private Equity firm
     

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