Vontobel announces changes in governance

Vontobel announces changes in governance

Christel Rendu de Lint and Georg Schubiger will hand over their responsibilities for Investments and Private Clients to fully concentrate on their role as Co-CEOs

Private Clients will be organized into three regions and one global business unit. Brian Fischer will lead Global Business & Services, Jean-Pierre Stillhart will lead DACH, Gianpiero Galasso will lead Europe & Middle East and Billy Obregon will take over Americas. Billy Obregon will join Vontobel on March 1, 2025, from Deutsche Bank. He brings over 20 years of experience covering US and Latin American clients. 

Andrew Jackson will take over as Head Investments. He will keep his role as Head of the Zurich-based Fixed Income Boutique. 

Andrew Jackson, Brian Fischer, Jean-Pierre Stillhart, Gianpiero Galasso and Christoph von Reiche, Head Institutional Clients, will report directly to the Co-CEOs and will join the Executive Committee of Bank Vontobel AG. The Executive Committee of Vontobel Holding remains unchanged. All changes are effective on March 1, 2025, and have been approved by FINMA. 

Vontobel
A global investment house with Swiss roots, we offer investment and advisory solutions to private and institutional clients. Our head office is in Zurich and we are represented in 28 locations worldwide. The shares of Vontobel Holding AG are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and are majority-owned by the founding family. The family's close ties to the company guarantee entrepreneurial independence, and the resulting freedom is also an obligation to fulfill our responsibility to society. As of December 31, 2024, Vontobel held CHF 229 billion of assets under management. With our investment-led approach that focuses exclusively on the buy-side of financial markets, we think and act purely from the client’s perspective – as an investor for investors.

This includes keeping our finger on the pulse to provide our investors with the best solutions - something we have been committed to for over 100 years. We harness the power of technology to multiply our investment expertise across platforms and ecosystems and deliver high-quality, personalized client experiences. Because for us, successful investing starts with taking personal responsibility. This means that we want to empower our employees so that they can realize their potential, act independently and open up new perspectives. We constantly question what we have achieved, because we strive to exceed our customers' expectations.  

 

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