Christophe Hentsch joined Lombard Odier Group in 1999 and was appointed Managing Partner in 2004. After graduating from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) with a degree in Economics, he was hired by Hewlett-Packard Geneva, in 1984. A year later, he joined the Corporate Finance team of London-based company Kleinwort Benson, and became Senior Vice President of their Swiss subsidiary in 1989. He then moved to Société Générale d’Affichage, where he was Chief Financial Officer. From 1996 to 1999, Christophe Hentsch was a board member of the Swiss Stock Exchange.

Pascal Kiener is the CEO of BCV, the largest universal bank in French-speaking Switzerland. Prior to banking, he worked in management consulting and was a partner at McKinsey & Company in Switzerland. He holds a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and an MBA from INSEAD. He is a member of the boards of directors of the Swiss Bankers Association, the Union of Swiss Cantonal Banks, and the Geneva Financial Center Foundation, and is also on the Strategic Advisory Board of EPFL.

Boris Collardi is Chief Executive Officer of exchange-listed private banking group Julius Baer, with headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, and more than 50 offices around the globe. He presides over the Association of Swiss Asset and Wealth Management Banks and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Bankers Association, a member of the Foundation Board of Swiss Finance Institute, and a member of the Foundation Board of IMD, Lausanne. He is the author of the book, Private Banking: Building a Culture of Excellence, published in 2012 by John Wiley & Sons.