Vontobel appoints Georg von Wattenwyl and Charles Karila as Co-Heads of Structure Solutions and Treasury

Georg von Wattenwyl and Charles Karila assume joint leadership of Vontobel’s Structure Solutions and Treasury as of December 1st, 2025

Vontobel announced today the appointment of Georg von Wattenwyl and Charles Karila as Co-Heads of Structure Solutions and Treasury (SST). They succeed Otto Huber, who has decided to leave the company after the sale of cosmofunding to be able to dedicate more time to his family.

Georg von Wattenwyl joined Vontobel in 1998 and has held senior roles across Europe and Asia. Since 2023, he has been responsible for Vontobel’s institutional and retail structured products business. He is currently President of the Swiss Structured Products Association (SSPA) and Vice-Chairman of EUSIPA, contributing to the development of the structured products industry.

Charles Karila who is Head Investment Solutions, will likewise maintain leadership of his team as he steps into the Co-Head role. Charles Karila began his career at Glencore London in 2003. He went on to trade index exotics and hybrid books at Commerzbank-Dresdner London through to 2011, before moving to Switzerland. He then led global trading at Leonteq until 2017, when he joined Vontobel’s SST to build up the firm’s Investment Solutions capability.

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A global investment house with Swiss roots, we offer investment and advisory solutions to private and institutional clients. Our head office is in Zurich and we are represented in 27 locations worldwide. The shares of Vontobel Holding AG are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and are majority-owned by the founding family. The family's close ties to the company guarantee entrepreneurial independence, and the resulting freedom is also an obligation to fulfill our responsibility to society. As of September 30, 2025, Vontobel held CHF 239.7 billion of assets under management. With our investment-led approach that focuses exclusively on the buy-side of financial markets, we think and act purely from the client’s perspective – as an investor for investors.

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