and was President of the board of Neue Zürcher Zeitung from 2011 to 2012, remaining a board member.
He worked for what is now UBS until 1989.
He became a partner at Wegelin in 1991.
He has been a board member of the Swiss Bankers Association and a member of the council of the Swiss National Bank.
Under his leadership, Wegelin & Co.
grew from 25 to 700 employees until its 2012–2013 restructuring and disestablishment.
Hummler is the son of former Member of Parliament Alfred Hummler.
He has a doctorate in law from the University of Zurich and has studied finance at the University of Rochester.
He is also a Colonel of the General Staff in the Swiss Army.