13 Sep 2010
The Swiss banking group SYZ & CO has announced the appointment of Patrick Bédat as CEO of its institutional asset management division SYZ Asset Management. He is in charge of managing the expansion of the Group’s entire institutional asset management business.
An attorney-at-law by training, Bédat began his career in 1982 as an institutional asset manager with Pictet & Cie in Geneva, a position he held for eight years before joining the management of Banque Cantonale de Neuchâtel, and then that of UBS in Zürich. In 1996, he returned to the Pictet group, where he held several managerial positions, in particular as operating manager of Pictet Asset Management, then of Pictet & Cie. Starting in autumn 2009, he spent a brief period at the management of Banque Bonhôte & Cie in Neuchâtel before joining SYZ & CO today.
An attorney-at-law by training, Bédat began his career in 1982 as an institutional asset manager with Pictet & Cie in Geneva, a position he held for eight years before joining the management of Banque Cantonale de Neuchâtel, and then that of UBS in Zürich. In 1996, he returned to the Pictet group, where he held several managerial positions, in particular as operating manager of Pictet Asset Management, then of Pictet & Cie. Starting in autumn 2009, he spent a brief period at the management of Banque Bonhôte & Cie in Neuchâtel before joining SYZ & CO today.
“Patrick Bédat’s extensive career makes him the ideal person for successfully ensuring the expansion of our asset management business. He combines in-depth experience of institutional management with great organizational talent, while sharing the values of a private bank such as ours”, said Paolo Luban, Managing Partner of SYZ & CO and in charge of the Asset Management business.
