GOVERNANCE
Executive Committee
Antoine Raphael
CEO
Mark de Snaijer
Chief Operating Officer
Michel Trolliet
Head of Compliance
Laurent Perusset
Chief Investment Officer
Patrice Richard
Head of Financial Control
Board of Directors
Michel Accad
Chairman
Nicolas Killen
Vice-president*
David Bueche
Member*
Tania Moussallem
Member
Bruno Desgardins
Member*
Raya Haffar El Hassan
Member
* Reference of independent Board member according to FINMA Circular 2017/1.
Executive Committee
Antoine Raphael
CEO
Mark de Snaijer
Chief Operating Officer
Michel Trolliet
Head of Compliance
Laurent Perusset
Chief Investment Officer
Patrice Richard
Head of Financial Control
Michel Accad
Chairman
Mr. Michel Accad is the Executive General Manager of Bankmed and serves as an Executive Member on Bankmed’s Board of Directors.
Mr. Accad serves also as Chairman – General Manager of MedInvestment Bank and as Executive General Manager of Saudi Lebanese Bank.
Mr. Accad served as the Group Chief Executive Officer of Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) from May 2014 to April 2020. He assumed this position after having successfully led the turnaround of Gulf Bank, another Kuwaiti lender, and contributed to its return to profitability following the 2008 crisis.
Prior to that, from 2006 to 2009, Michel was the Assistant Chief Executive of Arab Bank PLC, based in Amman. Within this capacity, he had direct responsibility over all banking businesses globally, including Corporate and Investment Banking, Consumer Banking, Private Banking and Wealth Management, Treasury, and Credit.
Before moving to Arab Bank, Mr. Accad spent 27 years with Citigroup, which he joined in 1979. His last post with Citi was Managing Director and CEO for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Division, a unit that spanned presence in 10 countries and contributed over $1 BN to Citi’s bottom line.
Mr. Accad holds MBA with Honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 1978.
Nicolas Killen
Vice-President*
A graduate of the faculty of Law of the University of Geneva in 1986 and holding a LLM degree from the Duke University School of Law, Mr. Killen is admitted to the Geneva Bar and the New York Bar in 1990, first joining Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom in New York as an associate and Borel & Barbey in Geneva in 1992. He becomes a partner of the firm in 1999 and is managing partner since 2011.
Board of Directors
David Bueche
Member*
Mr. Bueche holds a Master in Business Administration from HEC Lausanne and is a Swiss Chartered
Professional Accountant. He is an independent member of several Board of Directors and Audit Committees of companies subject to the supervision of FINMA.
He joined Arthur Andersen Geneva in 1986 as part of the « audit financial market » division and was promoted in 1997 to the partnership in the audit division. In 2002, he joined Baker Tilly Spiess (member of Baker Tilly International, the 10th worldwide largest auditing network) as partner and head of the financial market department and works essentially with a wide variety of Swiss and international clients (internal audit, financial expertise, consulting, tax advice, directorship).
Tania Moussallem
Member
Mrs. Moussallem has a career in banking and is currently Advisor to EGM and COO, Assistant Executive General Manager at BankMed. She sits in several Boards of Directors and committees. She has chaired The Financial Alliance for Women from May 2015 to June 2019. In 2015, she has been selected among the most influential women in the Arab Banking Sectors by the Union of Arab Banks and is the recipient of several awards.
Her career started at Société Générale de Banque au Liban where she held several managerial positions. in the Corporate and Investment Banking Division. She then joined BLC bank in 2008 as Head of Strategic Development and Financial Management Group and later took the responsibility of the Support and Marketing Group in 2014. Mrs. Moussallem was a member of the Board of Directors of USB Bank (Cypriot subsidiary of BLC Bank) and a member of several committees in BLC Bank.
She holds a Master’s degree in Finance & Communication from Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Economiques et Commerciales ESSEC, France and a BA from the American University of Beirut.
Bruno Desgardins
Member*
Bruno Desgardins is an Independent Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Bankmed (Suisse) SA’s since 20 Jul 2020. Bruno has more than 38 years of experience in the banking industry in Paris and in Geneva. After starting its career as a financial analyst, he took over the responsibility of the Trade Finance for South European countries for Banque de l’Union Européenne.
Then, Bruno joined NSM Bank to head the Institutional Department for foreign clients, before taking over the Research Department. In 1995, Bruno was hired by ABN AMRO to manage its Corporate Finance’s M&A activities. In Geneva since 2000, he spent the last 20 years at Banque Eric Sturdza holding there a management role.
Raya Haffar El Hassan
Member
Ms. Raya El Hassan serves as Chairperson of Bankmed S.A.L. as of October 2020, and served as an Independent Member on Bankmed’s Board of Directors since December 2011. She is also a Board Member of MedInvestment Bank S.A.L, Saudi Lebanese Bank S.A.L.
From January 2019 until January 2020, Ms. El-Hassan served as the Minister of Interior and Municipalities in Lebanon. Before that, she served as the Chairman-General Manager of Tripoli’s Special Economic Zone.
Prior to that, from November 2009 until June 2011, Ms. El-Hassan served as the Minister of Finance in Lebanon. Earlier in her career, Ms. El-Hassan was the Advisor to the Minister of Economy and Trade.
Ms. El Hassan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the American University of Beirut, and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the George Washington University. In 2019, Ms. El-Hassan was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from the Lebanese American University and an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from the Beirut Arab University.
* Reference of independent Board member according to FINMA Circular 2017/1.