Experience

rePLANET

• Spain
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-founder and Chair, Board of Directors

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  rePLANET’s mission is to increase the economic sustainability and financial viability of ecological restoration, specifically attracting private sector funding to drive mangrove reforestation at first instance. Reforestation sequesters carbon in the air into the mangrove trees and substrate. Carbon captured (per ton) is sold as carbon credits onto the voluntary carbon market. By purchasing voluntary carbon credits, companies are funding reforestation by paying for planting and maintenance costs… Show more rePLANET’s mission is to increase the economic sustainability and financial viability of ecological restoration, specifically attracting private sector funding to drive mangrove reforestation at first instance. Reforestation sequesters carbon in the air into the mangrove trees and substrate. Carbon captured (per ton) is sold as carbon credits onto the voluntary carbon market. By purchasing voluntary carbon credits, companies are funding reforestation by paying for planting and maintenance costs of hectares upon hectares of mangroves. Show less



MilleniumAssociates AG

• Switzerland
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Global Advisory Board Member

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Zurich, Switzerland MilleniumAssociates AG is an international M&A and corporate finance advisory firm based in Switzerland and the UK. It offers advice to both entrepreneurial and corporate business owners around the world as well as the global financial services industry, with a particular focus on the private banking/wealth management sector.



Finance for Biodiversity Initiative

• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Advisor

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Finance for Biodiversity (F4B) aims to increase the materiality of biodiversity in financial decision-making, and so better align global finance with nature conservation and restoration. F4B is a dual-purpose platform, both implementing its own activities across five work streams and making grants to support others to undertake work in these areas.



GVE

• Construction

• Member of the Global Advisory Board

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Tokyo, Japan GVE is an independent fintech venture out of Japan. IT enables fast, low cost, secure and transparent transfers of money - allowing real time gross settlement (RTGS) - to deliver a fully secure central bank digital currency (CBDC).



de Pury Pictet Turrettini & Cie SA

• Member of the Board of Directors

  • Jun 2020 - Present

  Geneva, Switzerland de Pury Pictet Turrettini & Cie (PPT) is an asset management and private banking company, based in Geneva with offices in Zurich and London, with substantial ESG, sustainable finance and socially responsible investment expertise.



OMFIF

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member of the Advisory Council

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  London, United Kingdom OMFIF is an independent think tank for central banking, economic policy and public investment - a neutral platform for best practice in worldwide public-private sector exchanges



State Street Global Advisors

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Managing Director - Global Head, Official Institutions Group

  • Sep 2013 - Jun 2019

  20 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5HJ Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of the Official Institutions Group of State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation and a global leader in asset management. Member of several SSGA Executive and Management Committees, including the Global Investment Committee, the Executive Committee for the EMEA region and the Senior Leadership Team. Chairman of the Managing Board of State Street Global Advisors Switzerland Holdings GmbH. Senior… Show more Senior Managing Director and the Global Head of the Official Institutions Group of State Street Global Advisors (SSGA), the investment management arm of State Street Corporation and a global leader in asset management. Member of several SSGA Executive and Management Committees, including the Global Investment Committee, the Executive Committee for the EMEA region and the Senior Leadership Team. Chairman of the Managing Board of State Street Global Advisors Switzerland Holdings GmbH. Senior responsibility for client coverage and product distribution in the Middle East. • Leading SSGA global official institutions franchise, especially the SSGA client facing team in charge of steering and managing globally the official sector business • Senior responsibility for strategic relationships with key official sector clients and prospects globally, including in emerging markets • Developed “Environment, Social and Governance” (“ESG”) investment and business strategies for the official sector • Led SSGA selection as Asset Manager of the Year for Central Banks by Central Banking Publications in 2016, 2017 and 2019 Show less



Bank for International Settlements – BIS

• Switzerland
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy Head of the Banking Department, Member of the BIS Executive Management

  • Jun 2005 - Jun 2013

  Basel, Switzerland • Leading the Banking Department of 120 professionals with the Department’s Head, designing and implementing the BIS financial strategy • Running the Bank’s balance sheet and asset/liability management, including all the dealing, trading, lending, investment, risk management and support operations • Managing all financial services offered by the BIS to central banks and supranational institutions globally • Participated in the formulation of the BIS strategic planning as a member… Show more • Leading the Banking Department of 120 professionals with the Department’s Head, designing and implementing the BIS financial strategy • Running the Bank’s balance sheet and asset/liability management, including all the dealing, trading, lending, investment, risk management and support operations • Managing all financial services offered by the BIS to central banks and supranational institutions globally • Participated in the formulation of the BIS strategic planning as a member of the Executive and Finance Committees; one of the ten senior officials of the BIS The BIS Banking Department manages more than $350 billion of reserves for official institutions on its balance sheet and offers them a range of banking and financial services. Show less



Morgan Stanley

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Executive Director, Head of Sovereign and Public Sector Business Origination in Europe

  • Jun 2000 - Mar 2005

  London, United Kingdom • Responsible for generating and managing capital market business with the official sector in Europe and some emerging markets • The practice included all money markets, capital markets and FX strategies and instruments, including debt issues, derivatives and securitizations



National Debt Agency, Ministry of Finance, Government of the Kingdom of Belgium

• Executive Director, Co-chair of the Executive Committee

  • Sep 1995 - Mar 2000

  Brussels, Belgium • Assisted the Finance Minister, its main advisors and the Head of the Treasury Department in establishing the National Debt Agency • Managed the Agency, especially strategic planning, government debt issuance and management strategy, relationships with market participants and investors, liquidity and risk management, support functions • Contribution to federal government budget planning and to Eurozone negotiations ahead of EMU



EBRD

• United Kingdom
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Funding, Treasury Department

  • Jul 1991 - Aug 1995

  London, United Kingdom • Established and ran the funding and liability management functions during the first years of EBRD • Participated as expert to several financial market development projects in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union



Credit Suisse First Boston

• Business Origination Officer, Debt Capital Market Department, Europe

  • Feb 1989 - Jun 1991

  London, United Kingdom • Member of the capital market origination team in charge of French and Benelux institutions for all financing advisory and transactions • Member of a team in charge of establishing a business plan and launching a pioneering investment banking business focused on Eastern Europe. Involved in debt restructurings’ and privatizations’ presentations and executions

• Portfolio Manager

  • Nov 1986 - Feb 1989

  Basel, Switzerland • Portfolio Manager for central banks and the BIS own funds, Banking Department



International Monetary Fund

• United Kingdom
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant in the Office of the Belgian IMF/World Bank Executive Director

  • Jun 1986 - Nov 1986

  Washington D.C., USA