Zilkens assumed his current role in October 2023, having joined the company in 2012. Since closing the acquisition of Credit Suisse in June 2023, UBS recorded $77 billion of net new assets in Global Wealth Management (GWM) and $77 billion of net new deposits across GWM and Personal & Corporate banking. Zilkens also oversees the Global Non-Resident Indian segment. He started his career as an economist at the Swiss National Bank.