Villiger was best known for his involvement into the Swissair bankruptcy in 2001, when he was among the members of the rescue plan task force, which ultimately failed. Between 2009 and 2012, Villiger was appointed chairman of UBS. He has also served on the board of directors at Nestlé, Swiss Re and Neue Zürcher Zeitung. He currently is the chairman of the UBS Foundation of Economics in Society, which invested 100 million Swiss Francs in the Department of Economics at the University of Zürich. He was a founding member of the Global Leadership Foundation in 2004.
villiger was best known for his involvement into the swissair bankruptcy in 2001 when he was among the members of the rescue plan task force which ultimately failed between 2009 and 2012 villiger was appointed chairman of ubs he has also served on the board of directors at nestlé swiss re and neue zürcher zeitung he currently is the chairman of the ubs foundation of economics in society which invested 100 million swiss francs in the department of economics at the university of zürich he was a founding member of the global leadership foundation in 2004