Jelena Laketić is a Head of Asset Management SWAT (SoftWareActionTeam) at UBS, Switzerland’s largest global universal bank.

Jelena moved to Switzerland 18 years ago after completing her Engineering degree. She worked at Gretag Imaging and Siemens, before joining UBS 12 years ago as a Software Engineer. Over the years she held a number of roles which allowed her to combine her technical, organizational and people skills into multifaceted role that she is holding now.

Jelena is passionate about the world of technology, innovation and women's place and their role in that world.

She is in the core team, leading an External Stream of the Women in Tech network, global cross divisional employee network focused on helping to increase number of women in IT and supporting them in their career. She is also one of the organizers of cross regional UBS Hackathon with the responsibility for an overall concept and Switzerland & EMEA region. The success of this yearly event gave Jelena an opportunity to help foster a culture of diversity and drive innovation across UBS.