Guy de Picciotto

Chief Executive Officer

Geneva, Switzerland

French, English

Guy de Picciotto is Union Bancaire Privée’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chairman of the Group’s Executive Committee. 

He began his career as a management consultant in Geneva and Brussels, before completing an all-round banking training in New York and Tokyo, in various departments of top-ranking banks such as UBS, Morgan Stanley, Bear Stearns and Sanyo Securities. 

He joined the Bank in 1988 where he occupied different executive roles before being appointed CEO in 1998. Within the past 26 years, under his leadership, UBP has made significant acquisitions and grown internationally, to become one of the world’s leading family-owned private banks.  

Guy de Picciotto holds a degree in business administration and has completed advanced Executive Management courses at IMD in Lausanne and INSEAD in Fontainebleau.
 

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11.06.2024

“Forget unrestricted market access to Europe”

The CEO of wealth management bank Union Bancaire Privée is focused on growth through acquisitions.

26.03.2024

"10–15% of clients ask for sustainable investments"

The importance of performance, the difficulty in putting forward green investments, who will lead UBP tomorrow: these are some of the many topics covered here by the Geneva bank’s CEO, Guy de Picciotto.