<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Swiss banking giant UBS said on Friday it</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"> intends to appoint former German central bank chief Axel Weber as its next </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">chairman, saying that he will be nominated to the board in 2012 and take the </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">post in 2013.</span></p>