Chief Executive OfficerUBS Optimus Foundation
Maya Ziswiler is the CEO of the UBS Optimus Foundation in 2022. The Foundation leverages philanthropic capital to help unlock more private and public funding to build an impact economy.
Ms. Ziswiler has been with the UBS Optimus Foundation since 2012 and during this time has made significant contributions to the Foundation’s leading reputation in social finance and collective philanthropy, in education, health, child protection and the environment. This includes spearheading the successful launch of the first Development Impact Bond, the first global blended finance fund investing in outcomes contracts as well as launching and growing the foundation’s social investment portfolio.
Prior to joining the UBS Optimus Foundation, Ms. Ziswiler was responsible for managing private sector partnerships at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria globally and UNICEF in Peru. Before that, she held various marketing and commercial roles at Procter and Gamble's in markets such