QUALIFICATIONS
- Solicitor, Law Society of England and Wales
- Attorney and counselor at Law, New York bar
- Avocat à la Cour, Ordre des Avocats de Paris
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
- Partner (2004 to 2007)
- Pestalozzi Lachenal Patry, Geneva, Switzerland - Partner specialised in finance. Practice covers commodity finance, structured finance and M&A.
- Non- executive Director (2004 to 2005)
- Nelson Resources Limited, Bermuda, active in Kazakhstan - Non-executive director of Nelson Resources, a listed independent oil company (Toronto and London), active in Kazakhstan
- Served as chairman of the committee of independent directors that negotiated with Lukoil (major Russian oil company) the take-over of Nelson Resources.
- Non- executive Director (2006 to present)
- RMG The Risk Management Group (Suisse) SA. Non-executive director of this medium size company specialised in capital markets advice to local authorities and SMEs in Europe.
- Head of the Legal Department, Member of the Executive Committee (2002 to 2004)
- BNP Paribas, Geneva, Switzerland.
- Partner, Global head of Capital markets. (2001 to 2002)
- Andersen Legal, London, UK - Joined to create the global capital markets practice of Andersen Legal, part of Arthur Andersen. As a result of Enron, Andersen Legal was disbanded in the UK in June 2002.
- Partner, Head of ISG (1995 to 2001)
- Norton Rose, London, UK - Partner . Established this top 20 City law firm in capital markets, derivatives and securitisation.
- Head of Legal Department (1992 to 1995)
- BNP Capital Markets Limited, London, UK - Head of legal department in charge of documenting the activities of BNP Capital Markets.
- Counsel (1992 to 1992)
- EBRD, London, UK - Lawyer in the Office of the General Counsel (OGC).
- Director (1988 to 1992)
- UBS Phillips & Drew, London, UK - Director and deputy-head of the Corporate Finance transaction management team.
- Officer (1987 to 1988)
- Credit Suisse First Boston, London, UK - Joined the transaction management team as a lawyer.
EDUCATION
- LL.M, Master, Law 1985
- University of Pennsylvania, Law School, Philadelphia, PA, USA. - Post graduate law programme at this Ivy league University (Wharton).
- Diploma, Law and International relations1984
- Graduate Institute of International Studies (HEI), Geneva, Switzerland - Diploma of the Institute. Diploma awarded with very high honours.
- LL.B, Law 1982
- Université de Franche-Comté, Faculté de Droit, Besançon, France - Licence en droit (Bachelor of law), awarded with honours.
- Baccalauréat D, Sciences 1978
- Lycée d'Etat, Saint-Gaudens, France - Baccalauréat (D, major in Sciences). Awarded with honours..
AFFILIATIONS
- Member, Law Society of England and Wales, Ordre des Avocats au barreau de Paris, New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association. Associate member of the Geneva Bar association.
- Teaching position at the University of Geneva Law School on Commodities finance and on Structured finance.
- Member, Oriental Club, London.
