Vincenzo Di Pierri appointed as the new CEO of Valartis Bank AG, Switzerland
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The Board of Directors today appointed Vincenzo Di Pierri, 62, to be the new CEO
of Valartis Bank AG, Switzerland. Vincenzo Di Pierri will replace Daniel
Reptsis, who served as the interim CEO of the Switzerland-based bank from 11 May
2012 following the departure of Dr. Stefan Holzer. Daniel Reptsis will go back
to focusing on the management of Finance & Risk and Banking Operations as Chief
Financial and Risk Officer.
"As was announced at the Valartis Group AG Annual Shareholders' Meeting on 8 May
2012, our 'Private Banking Plus' strategy aims to expand our wealth management
business with high-net-worth private clients and institutional investors in
Zurich, Geneva, Vienna and Liechtenstein," said Board Chairman Prof. Dr. Erwin
W. Heri. "We are pleased to bring on board Vincenzo Di Pierri, an experienced
private banker, as the new CEO for our Swiss bank. He is very client-oriented,
and he also has an extensive network of relationships and many years of senior
management experience, which make him well placed to drive forward the expansion
of our banking activities in Switzerland."
Vincenzo Di Pierri started his almost forty year banking career in 1974 in FX
Trading at Credit Suisse Switzerland. In the following 24 years, he worked at
Credit Suisse and UBS in different management positions before in 1998 he became
a member of the Management Board of HSBC Republic Bank Switzerland, being
responsible for the Zurich and Lugano Private Banking. In 2003, he changed to
the Zurich-based private bank Finter Bank, where he served as managing director
and CEO until October 2011. Currently, Vincenzo Di Pierri is the Chairman of the
board of the Italian Chamber of Commerce for Switzerland (CCIS).
As the new CEO of Valartis Bank AG, Switzerland, Vincenzo Di Pierri will also
become a member of the five-person Group Executive Management of Valartis Group.
The other members of the Group Executive Management are Gustav Stenbolt (Group
CEO) and George M. Isliker (Chief Financial and Risk Officer) as well as the two
current CEOs of Valartis Bank (Austria) AG and Valartis Bank (Liechtenstein) AG,
Ernst Traun and Andreas Insam.
The Management Board of Valartis Bank AG, Switzerland, now comprises: Vincenzo
Di Pierri (CEO), Eric Berthelot (deputy CEO/Head Private Banking), Daniel
Reptsis (CFO/CRO), René Hermann (Head Private Banking Zurich), and Philipp
LeibundGut (Head Institutional Clients).
If you have any questions, please contact:
Gustav Stenbolt, CEO Valartis Group, or
George M. Isliker, Group CFO/CRO
Tel. +41 43 336 81 11
Valartis Group - Private Banking Plus
Valartis Group is an internationally active banking and finance group with
offices in Zurich, Geneva, Vienna, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Singapore, Moscow
and St Petersburg. The Group's holding company, Valartis Group AG, is domiciled
in Baar, canton of Zug, and is listed on the Swiss stock exchange SIX Swiss
Exchange.
Valartis Group focuses on the wealth management business for high-net-worth
private clients and institutional investors: "Private Banking Plus". In addition
to traditional wealth management and investment advisory, Valartis Group
develops, manages and markets innovative niche investment products and provides
specialised advisory and banking services within corporate and structured
finance. The Group's core markets include Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle
East and selected countries in North and South America as well as Asia.
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