Geneva, 2 November 2020 - Indosuez Wealth Management announces the appointment of Nicolas Mougeot as Head of Global Trends and ESG Advisory, effective 1 October 2020.

In this new position, Nicolas Mougeot will advise Indosuez Wealth Management's clients in Switzerland on environmental, societal and governance issues, as well as on long-term trends such as disruptive technologies, demographic trends, education and consumers in emerging markets. Nicolas will report to Isabelle Jacob-Nebout, Head of Wealth Management in Switzerland.

Isabelle Jacob-Nebout commented: "Our societal project focuses on two commitments: fostering a more inclusive society and making ESG finance one of the key elements of our growth strategy. I am delighted to entrust Nicolas Mougeot with the management of our rich ESG offering. His experience and pragmatism will be critical in the implementation of this ecosystem, concerning all aspects of our products. Indosuez’s ESG offering also leverages the synergies established with the Credit Agricole Group, enabling us to distinguish ourselves particularly in terms of support for our major customers."

Prior to joining Indosuez in 2019, Nicolas Mougeot worked for a major pension fund in Canada where he oversaw market analysis and portfolio construction. Prior to that, he led quantitative research and equity derivatives teams for 12 years at major investment banks in London. During this time, he was twice named best derivatives strategist by Institutional Investor, the leading international B2B publisher, and received the Derivatives Research Award from Risk magazine.

Nicolas Mougeot holds a PhD in finance from the Swiss Finance Institute and the University of Lausanne. He has taught at the John Molson School of Business (Concordia University of Montreal), Imperial College London and HEC Lausanne.

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About Indosuez Wealth Management in Switzerland

Indosuez Wealth Management in Switzerland is one of the leading institutions in the Swiss financial centre and is now one of the country's top five foreign banks. In addition to wealth management activities, the bank in Switzerland is active in the areas of Transactional Commodity Finance and Commercial Banking. Its roots date back to 1876, when Crédit Lyonnais, one of the great ancestors of today's bank, set up in Geneva. Its teams include more than 1,000 wealth management specialists based in Geneva, Lugano and Zurich as well as in Asia and the Middle East. They combine their knowledge of the local environment with the extensive expertise and scope of action of the Indosuez Wealth Management global network and the Crédit Agricole Group. The Swiss platform steers the development of wealth management activities in Switzerland, the Middle East and Asia, with a total of CHF 40.5 billion in client assets as of 31 December 2019.

About Indosuez Wealth Management

Indosuez Wealth Management is the global wealth management brand of Crédit Agricole group, ranked 13th in the world based on Tier 1 capital (source: The Banker, data as of end 2019, July 2020).
Shaped by more than 140 years of experience helping families and entrepreneurs around the globe, Indosuez Wealth Management offers a tailored approach that enables clients to manage, protect and pass on their wealth according to their specific needs. Its teams take a comprehensive view and provide expert advice and exceptional service, offering a wide range of services for the management of both personal and business assets.
Renowned for its international reach combined with a human scale, Indosuez Wealth Management has 3,160 employees in 13 locations around the world, in Europe (France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco and Switzerland), Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong SAR, Singapore and New Caledonia), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Dubai) and the Americas (Brazil, Uruguay and Miami).
With EUR 132.1 billion in assets under management (as at 30/12/2019), Indosuez Wealth Management group is one of the global leaders in wealth management.