Appointment of New Board Member

The Geneva Financial Center (GFC) is governed by a Board that represents the many facets of the Geneva and Lake Geneva financial industry. The Board defines the strategic priorities of the Foundation. As such, understanding the needs of the financial community is central to its mission. This approach enables the Foundation to drive initiatives that benefit the Geneva financial sector and best meet the interests of all its members. 

As CEO of The Forum Finance Group, Hippolyte de Weck will represent the asset managers on the Board and Council of GFC. 

Mr. de Weck brings to the position his extensive experience in wealth management, one of the three pillars of the Geneva financial industry, together with commercial and retail banking and commodity trade finance. He initially joined The Forum Finance Group in 2011 as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Managing Partner and was appointed CEO in September 2023. 

As a member of the Board and Council, Hippolyte de Weck also brings deep expertise in serving international clients, a cornerstone of Geneva's globally focused financial centre. He spent more than fifteen years at UBS Switzerland AG and Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS). From 2007 to 2011, as Senior Key Client Advisor for Benelux clients at UBS Geneva, he focused on acquiring and developing HNWI clients. Previously, from 1998 to 2007 at UBS Zurich, he played a key role in developing the bank's Investment Solutions division. 

Mr. de Weck is a member of the "Sounding Board" of the Swiss Association of Wealth Managers (SAM). Comprised of representatives of all of Switzerland's linguistic regions, this internal advisory group collects and conveys members' concerns and proposals to SAM’s Management and Board. 

The appointment of Hippolyte de Weck to the GFC Board and Council will reinforce the Foundation's relationship with the asset managers. Accounting for more than 8,600 jobs, or 22.5% of the industry's workforce, asset managers and other financial intermediaries are a vital component of the financial centre. This close collaboration was further strengthened with the creation of an Asset Managers Chapter in early 2025 to better meet the sector's expectations regarding framework conditions.  

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