The bank, Credit Suisse, said that Chief Executive, Brady Dougan topped the bank's pay list in 2009 with a sum of 19.2 million Swiss francs ($17.93 million).

On Thursday, the annual report of Credit Suisse showed that the bank had remunerated its executive board a whole of 148.9 million francs, 132.4 million francs of which were bonuses.

CEO Dougan got its share and other rewards worth 17.87 million francs on top of his basic salary of 1.25 million, coming near to his pay of 22.3 million francs in the pre-crisis year 2007. Dougan's pay fell to 2.9 million in 2008.

Credit Suisse went through the crisis without state help in spite of a loss of more than 8 billion francs in 2008, in contrast to competitor UBS, which had to be rescued by the Government.

Last year, Credit Suisse showed a profit of 6.7 billion francs, compared with a 2.7 billion loss at UBS.

Meanwhile, bankers' remunerations are set to lead to an ardent discussion in Switzerland, where people will vote in a referendum on a proposal to restrict managers' income.

The proposal, if approved, would initiate yearly approval by investors of the salaries of directors and managers of listed organizations.