Eric Varvel is Chief Executive Officer of the global Investment Bank of Credit Suisse and a member of the Executive Board of Credit Suisse Group and Credit Suisse, based in New York. He is also Chairman of the Management Committee of the Investment Bank.
Prior to this role, Mr. Varvel was Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region and a member of the Executive Board since February 2008. In September 2009, Eric assumed the position of acting CEO of the Investment Bank, while continuing with his existing responsibilities.
Prior to his appointment as CEO of the EMEA region in February 2008, Mr. Varvel was Co-Head of the Global Investment Banking department and Head of the Global Markets Solutions Group in Credit Suisse’s Investment Bank for over three years, based in New York. Prior to that role, Mr. Varvel spent 15 years in the Asia Pacific region in a variety of senior roles, including Head of Investment Banking and Emerging Markets Coverage for the Asia Pacific region ex-Japan and as Head of Fixed Income Sales and Corporate Derivative Sales. During that time, Mr. Varvel was based in Tokyo, Jakarta and Singapore. Mr. Varvel joined the Bank in 1990. Previously, he worked as an analyst for Morgan Stanley in its Investment Banking department in New York and Tokyo. Mr. Varvel is a member of the Board of Directors of Qatar Exchange.
Mr. Varvel holds a B.A. in Business Finance from Brigham Young University. He has been married to Shauna Hill Varvel for more than 20 years and they have five children.
