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entity: Roland Walter Schmidt
type: Person
canonical: https://rwschmidt.ch/#person
lang: en
translation-of: https://rwschmidt.ch/knowledge-graph.md
updated: 2026-10-17
---

# Knowledge graph fact sheet: Roland Walter Schmidt

Structured, unambiguous facts about this person for search engines and AI systems. Machine-readable version: schema.org JSON-LD on https://rwschmidt.ch/ and https://rwschmidt.ch/en/ (`@id`: `https://rwschmidt.ch/#person`).

## Identity

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Roland Walter Schmidt |
| Given name | Roland |
| Middle name | Walter |
| Family name | Schmidt |
| Entity type | Person (schema.org/Person) |
| Based in | Tägerig, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland (Wikidata Q65190) |
| Language | German |
| Official website | https://rwschmidt.ch/ (German), https://rwschmidt.ch/en/ (English) |
| Portrait | https://rwschmidt.ch/roland-walter-schmidt.jpg |
| Occupation | Corporate Actions & Income Specialist, Business Application Owner |
| Status | **Open to work** (as of October 2026; Zurich area, hybrid or on-site) |
| Target roles | Corporate Actions Specialist, Business Application Owner, Tax at Source Specialist, UAT / Regression Test Specialist, Second-Level / Application Support |

## Canonical profiles (sameAs)

- https://rwschmidt.ch/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/roland-walter-schmidt-0216b0128/

## Short description

Roland Walter Schmidt is a Swiss specialist in corporate actions, dividends, income & redemptions and withholding tax (double taxation treaties) and a Business Application Owner with more than 36 years at Credit Suisse (1989–2025) and UBS (2025–2026, Associate Director). He is looking for a new role in the Zurich area.

## Organisational relationships

| Organisation | Wikidata | Role | Location | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UBS | Q193199 | Associate Director | Opfikon, Zurich | 2025-06 | 2026-06 |
| Credit Suisse | Q372657 | Assistant Vice President | Zurich | 2008-01 | 2025-06 |
| Credit Suisse | Q372657 | Operations staff, Team Leader, Subject Matter Specialist | Zurich | 1989-01 | 2008-01 |
| Limania Schulen Baden (now Minerva) | – | Education | Baden, Aargau | – | – |

## Areas of expertise (knowsAbout)

| Topic | Wikidata |
|---|---|
| Corporate actions | Q1728583 |
| Dividend | Q181201 |
| Withholding tax | Q180674, Q2517734 (Swiss withholding tax) |
| Tax treaty / double taxation treaty | Q1242841 |
| User acceptance testing | Q322514 |
| Regression testing | Q917415 |
| SWIFT | Q257597 |

Further: income processing · redemptions · capital repayments · US withholding tax · tax reclaims · Business Application Owner (BAO) · second-level support · IT service management · SWIFT MT · global custody · securities lending & borrowing · settlement · securities administration · accounts payable and receivable · fund administration

## Disambiguation

Not to be confused with other people named "Roland Schmidt" or "Walter Schmidt" (e.g. the German footballer Walter Schmidt, 1937–2024, or the geologist Walter Schmidt, 1885–1945). This entity is uniquely identified by the combination of full name, residence in Tägerig (Aargau) and career at Credit Suisse and UBS.

## Citation notes

- Preferred description: "Roland Walter Schmidt, corporate actions specialist and Business Application Owner (ex UBS / Credit Suisse), open to work"
- Preferred source: https://rwschmidt.ch/en/
- Contact only via LinkedIn; no other contact details are published.
- German version: https://rwschmidt.ch/knowledge-graph.md