Annual Report 2011 - Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Annual Report 2011 - Hong Kong Monetary Authority
Annual Report 2011 - Hong Kong Monetary Authority
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1965-1996 First Vice-President, then Deputy General<br />
Manager of Banque Privée SA (became Banque Privée<br />
Edmond de Rothschild SA in 1987). Member of the<br />
Executive Committee. Assigned to organise and manage<br />
Banca Privata Edmond de Rothschild Lugano SA<br />
(a subsidiary of Banque Privée SA, Geneva) in 1972<br />
Present duties<br />
1997-present Director and Secretary of the Board of Directors of<br />
Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild SA, Geneva and<br />
currently a member of the Board Committee and the<br />
Audit Committee<br />
Directorships<br />
Banca Privata Edmond de Rothschild Lugano SA, Lugano<br />
Memorial Adolphe de Rothschild, Geneva<br />
Equitas SA, Geneva<br />
John Alexander 1)<br />
Member, British, 1941<br />
Education / training<br />
BA (honours), Oxford University<br />
Career summary<br />
1972-1983 Director of Hill Samuel & Co. Limited<br />
Present duties<br />
Since 1984 CEO of Edmond de Rothschild Limited, LCF Edmond de<br />
Rothschild Securities Limited and LCF Edmond de<br />
Rothschild Asset Management Limited, London<br />
Directorships<br />
Sterling Insurance Group Limited<br />
The Bristol Port Company (Trustees) Limited<br />
First Corporate Shipping Ltd, UK<br />
Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild SA, Geneva<br />
La Compagnie Financière Edmond de Rothschild<br />
Banque, Paris<br />
Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild Europe, Luxembourg<br />
Compagnie Financière Saint-Honoré, Paris<br />
Leveraged Capital Holdings NV, Curaçao<br />
Trading Capital Holdings NV, Curaçao<br />
European Capital Holdings SA, Luxembourg<br />
Asian Capital Holdings Fund, Luxembourg<br />
Edmond de Rothschild International Funds Ltd.<br />
CPRE Oxfordshire Buildings Preservation Trust Limited<br />
FEDEX Corporation SA, Panama<br />
Thatchcastle Limited (United Kingdom)<br />
The Great Haseley Windmill Trust (United Kingdom)<br />
Pacific Alliance Asia Opportunity Fund Limited<br />
1) = until 26 April 2012<br />
Luc J. Argand<br />
Member, Swiss, 1948<br />
Education / training<br />
1968 Diploma in Classical Studies, Collège Calvin (Geneva)<br />
1968-1972 University of Geneva<br />
1972 Master’s in Law, University of Geneva<br />
1972-1974 Articled at Antoine Hafner Solicitors<br />
1974 Admitted to the Geneva Bar<br />
1976 MBA, INSEAD<br />
Career summary and present duties<br />
1977-1981 Trained at La Compagnie Financière Benjamin<br />
& Edmond de Rothschild; Goldman Sachs,<br />
New York; NMR, London<br />
Worked for Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild SA,<br />
Geneva<br />
1982-present Partner of Pfyffer & Associés Solicitors, Geneva<br />
Since 1986 Director of Banque Morval SA, Geneva<br />
1993-present Director of Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild SA<br />
Geneva<br />
1996-1998 President of the Geneva Bar Association<br />
1998-2006 President of the Arbitral Tribunal set up by the Selfregulating<br />
Body of the Swiss Attorneys Federation under<br />
the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering<br />
1990-present Arbitrator for the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne<br />
1998-2007 Member of the Geneva Magistrates’ Upper Council<br />
2004-present Member of the Geneva Notaries’ Supervisory Commission<br />
2005-<strong>2011</strong> President of the Geneva Auto Show<br />
Since 2007 Director of Banque Syz & Co SA, Geneva<br />
Walter Blum Gentilomo 1)<br />
Member, Swiss, 1941<br />
Education / training<br />
Studied in the UK and trained in various financial<br />
institutions<br />
Career summary and present duties<br />
1964 Joined Banca Solari & Blum, Lugano<br />
1975 Became CEO of Banca Solari & Blum, Lugano<br />
1991 Became Chairman of the Executive Committee<br />
of Banca Solari & Blum, Lugano<br />
1998 Banca Solari & Blum becomes Banca Privata Edmond<br />
de Rothschild Lugano SA<br />
Since 2002 Member of the Board of Directors and Board Committee<br />
of Banca Privata Edmond de Rothschild Lugano SA<br />
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