After reading law at the University of Sheffield, Ms Singh completed her academic qualification with a programme of advanced legal studies over two years in a large insurance company. She then continued her studies at the London Law School, where she specialised as a commercial lawyer.

At BRP, Karina is mainly active in creating and updating Private Banking Country Manuals.

A Doctor in Law and holder of a German license to practice law, Ms. Baumgartner has acquired a vast working experience in international and comparative commercial law in several legal positions in international organisations, the academic sector and the private sector. After obtaining the diploma “CAS Compliance in Financial Services” from the University of St. Gallen, she joined BRP as a Legal Advisor.

At BRP, Jorun is mainly in charge of creating and updating Country Manuals Private Banking.

After obtaining a degree in economics and in German literature, Daniel began his career in bank auditing and risk management.  He has an experience of over 20 years in the field of Compliance, acquired with two large banking institutions and as Chief Compliance Officer of a foreign bank subsidiary.

At BRP, Daniel is mainly active in creating and updating Private Banking Country Manuals.

Holder of a license to practice law, Mr Mentha worked for a large private bank for over 20 years, first in the Legal Department and then for 15 years in various executive asset management functions. Mr Mentha was a member of the board SFA (Swiss Funds Association) for 10 years and represented the Swiss private bankers several times for the revision of the Swiss Bankers Association Portfolio Management Guidelines.

At BRP, Yvar is principally in charge of providing advice in the field of collective and private asset management.

Holder of a license to practice law in Argentina and an LL.M in Business Law, Ms. Dutto first worked in two internationally renowned law firms in Buenos Aires where she gained general practice experience in the fields of commercial, contract and private law. She then moved to Switzerland where she worked in the legal department of two large Swiss banks and was responsible for the legal coverage of their private banking business in Latin America. She has also worked at the Singapore office of an Australian law firm before joining BRP.

At BRP, Luisa acts as legal advisor and is responsible for creating and updating country manuals for Latin America and Asia.

On obtaining a degree in Economics, Mr. Sammarone specialised in econometric and quantitative models for finance. He started his banking career as a Trader in Fixed Income & Derivatives.

He then went on to work in Asset Management as a quantitative portfolio manager and as an equity funds manager, before gaining a Masters in Risk Management. For the last 15 years he has worked on Risk and Compliance in banking institutions as Head of Risk and Chief Compliance Officer.

At BRP, Incoronato is acting as creating and maintaining Product Country Manuals.

Holder of a license to practice law and a Master of Law from the University of Fribourg, he started his career in the legal department of a Swiss bank (responsible for derivatives) and expanded his knowledge afterwards in the “institutional business development” department of an international broker. He then headed for several years the legal department of a Swiss private bank responsible for regulatory aspects of financial products’ distribution.

At BRP, Daniel is responsible for the areas of financial products’ distribution, asset management and suitability.

Holder of a license to practice law and an Executive Master of European and International Business Law (E.M.B.L-HSG) from the University of St. Gall, Benjamin started his career in an internationally renowned Zurich law firm in the fields of business and private law. He then joined the Private Banking Department of a leading Swiss Bank. 

At BRP, Benjamin advises and provides trainings to banks and financial intermediaries in cross-border matters. He further heads the Zurich branch.

A biologist by training and holder of a DAS in Sustainable Management, Ms Luzio joined BRP SA as Manager of administration and the secretariat function. In parallel she is continuing her studies to obtain the Federal Certification as Specialist in SME Management.

Chartered Expert in Financial and Managerial Accounting and Reporting and holder of a Federal Certification as finance and accounting specialist, Aline started her career working for a leading accounting firm. She then joined BRP, where she is in charge of managing the accounting and financial aspects of the Group’s administrative team.

Holder of a license to practice in law in Belgium, Ms. Anciaux began her career at a law firm in the field of corporate law.

She then worked as a Compliance Officer at a holding company of an international banking group and at Belgium and Switzerland private banks.

She also has experience in regulatory consulting gained from a large audit firm.

At BRP, Aurélie is mainly active in the field of advice and training for financial institutions. She is also responsible for the Legal Advisors team in Geneva.

Ms Jeannet holds a law degree from the University of Belgrade and a Master’s degree in International Law from the University of Geneva. She has acquired over 13 years of experience in international law and in compliance at a multinational company and an international organisation.

At BRP, Ana works as legal advisor and is mainly active in creating and updating Private Banking Country Manuals.

Holder of a license to practice law from the University of Bern, Annette started her career in an internationally renowned Geneva law firm in the field of financial and business law. She then worked for the Swiss Ministry of Finance, and both in the Public Policy and the Private Banking Department of a leading Swiss Bank. In addition, Annette has several years of working experience in North and South America.

At BRP, Annette advises and provides trainings to banks and financial intermediaries in cross-border matters. She further drafts and updates country manuals for the EU and Latin America.

Holder of a degree in international relations (Graduate Institute of international relations and development studies HEIUD) from the University of Geneva, Ms Widmer worked for over five years as an in-house Compliance Officer for banks in Switzerland with focus on AML regulations. After obtaining her Diploma in Compliance Management she joined the BRP SA team as legal advisor.
At BRP, Ms Widmer is mainly active in advising banks in questions regarding AML and other Compliance issues as well as the production of Country Manuals.

Holder of a license to practice law, Ms Maillard began her career at the compliance department of a large Swiss bank before joining the Supervisory Authority (Federal Banking Commission, now FINMA). She specialises in the authorisation requirements for banks and securities dealers and the relevant Swiss regulations. Ms Maillard teaches at the CAS Compliance Management at the University of Geneva and has published, jointly with Mr Bizzozero, a book on the relationship between custodian banks and independent asset managers.

At BRP, Sophie is in charge of the update of Swiss regulations and specialized in their implementation with Swiss financial intermediaries.

After obtaining a Master’s Degree in Law, Mr Genazzi began his career in the Regulatory Department of a large audit firm. He then worked for six years in an international bank, where he was in charge of compliance for the Trading & Asset Management Department and of the Group’s regulatory projects.

Patrick is the CEO of BRP. He is also in charge of the company’s technological development and is specialised in the implementation of MiFID solutions in Switzerland.

A Doctor in Law, holder of a license to practice law, former Director of the CAS in Compliance Management and lecturer at the University of Geneva, Mr Bizzozero also teaches at the HEG ARC of Neuchâtel and at the Centro Studi Bancari of Lugano. He benefits from more than 20 years of experience in the banking and regulatory field. He is also the author of several publications, including « Financial cross-border activities into and out of Switzerland » and « Gérants indépendants – Gestion des risques par la banque dépositaire ».

Alessandro is the Chairman of BRP’s Board of Directors.