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Banque de Patrimoines Privés Genève BPG SA

Postal address

PO Box 403, 1211 Geneva 12

Street address

20-22, avenue de Miremont, 1201 Geneva

Telephone

(41-22) 839-1616

Fax

(41-22) 347-1078

E-mail

Website

www.bpggeneva.ch

Established

1980

Employees

Ownership

François Rouge (38.80%)

Jean-François Furrer (38.80%)

Didier Tibessart (13.34%)

Key personnel

Claude Brechbühl (Chairman)

Jean-François Furrer (CEO)

Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers SA, Geneva

History

Founded in 1980 as Karfinco SA. Name changed to Banque Karfinco SA in 1987 and Banque Privé Genève BPG SA in 1993. Current name adopted in 1994. Acquired by three former Merrill Lynch employees in 1997. The bank's Nassau subsidiary, Geneva Private Bank & Trust (Bahamas) Ltd., acquired Private Investment Bank & Trust (Bahamas) Ltd. (formerly W&P Bank & Trust Company Ltd.) in 1998 and they merged to form Private Investment Bank Limited, Nassau, effective January 1, 2000.

Other offices

Zurich, Nassau

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Last update: December 04, 2007