Overview

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Benedict Hentsch has spent his career in the private banking and wealth management business in Switzerland and abroad. Benedict holds a MBA in Economics, Law and Social Sciences as well as a Master in Banking from the University of St. Gall (1973).

Prior to rejoining Hentsch & Co in 1983, his family-owned private bank, he was working for J.P. Morgan in the M&A department in New York and as Representative for Brazil from 1976 to 1983. Benedict was managing partner of Darier Hentsch & Co until 2001, which then merged in 2002 with Lombard Odier.

During his 40 year career, he has been president or board member of several organizations such as Swiss Private Bankers Association, the Groupement des Banquiers Privés Genevois, the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, the ISC foundation at the University of St. Gall, SwissReinsurance Co, the Fondation Avenir Suisse and the International Center for Financial Asset Management and Engineering (FAME) in Geneva. In 2004, he founded Banque Bénédict Hentsch & Cie SA, and held the position of executive chairman of its board.

From 2005 to 2012, Benedict was a member of the board of BioMedinvest, a Swiss venture Capital company based in Basel, focusing in biotechnology industries in Switzerland and in the alpine rim. At the end of 2013, he sold his interest in the bank to his partner and retired from active private banking.

Currently Benedict is completing a vast real estate development in Geneva and the donation in 2015 to the City of Geneva of the Parc Gustave and Léonard Hentsch, situated on the former grounds of the soccer stadium Stade des Charmilles.