Philippe
CURRAT
MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Philippe Currat has nearly 40 years of banking experience. With the benefit of the Bar certificate of the Bar of Fribourg (Switzerland), Philippe Currat worked at UBS and at Hentsch & Cie, private bankers in Geneva, before occupying for 5 years the position of deputy head of the Legal department of the Secretariat of the Federal Banking Commission (currently FINMA).
Philippe Currat then joined the General Management of Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild, Geneva, as General Secretary, a position he held for 26 years until his retirement in 2013. Within this bank, he was responsible for the legal, tax, compliance, human resources and communication departments. He also chaired the “Family Office” and “Wealth Planning” subsidiaries and acted as Compliance Officer for the Edmond de Rothschild Group.
For several years Philippe Currat also devoted himself to teaching and served as an expert for the federal exams for the Federal Diploma in Banking. In 2014, he also created AVCO Conseil, a consulting company designed to pass on his experience to financial and banking establishments.