The 20 Rising Stars of Wealth Management - 2007 - (Page 12) 1 PASHA BAKHTIAR 2 1 Managing Director, Middle East Representative Office Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie, Dubai, UAE Age: 32 Education: Georgetown University (B.A., International Relations and Economics), INSEAD (M.B.A.) Mentor(s): Christophe Hentsch, managing partner and head of the Middle East, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie Bakhtiar joined the Geneva-based private bank, catering to multi-generational and new wealth with minimum relationships of $1 million, in 2004. He set up the first Middle East office in Dubai this year. He is in charge of a team of seven professionals and is responsible for developing institutional relationships with state organizations in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)—the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman. He first worked for the Center for Applied Studies in International Negotiations at the United Nations as an analyst on a SubSaharan agricultural project from 1997 to 1998. Thereafter, he joined Lombard Odier & Cie in 1998 as a financial analyst focusing on Southern European and Latin American markets. He was also a co-manager of the bank’s LO Opportunity Southern European Equity Fund in charge of approximately €80 million. He left LO to earn his M.B.A. and returned to the company, now LODH, in 2004. “The Middle East is a booming region today with no sign of growth contracting in the near future. While some banks in the GCC may offer traditional services in managing clients’ wealth, it has become imperative to employ a holistic approach towards longterm family wealth management, growth and preservation.” 2 SUTAPA BANERJEE 1 Head of Private Banking, India ABN AMRO Bank, Mumbai Age: 42 Education: Presidency College, Calcutta, India (B.S., Economics, Honors), XLRI Jamshedpur School of Management, India (M.B.A.) Mentor(s): None submitted Banerjee joined the Dutch bank in 1996 to launch its consumer banking unit in India. Five years later, she was named head of private banking. She launched the private banking platform in 2002 and now heads a 68-person team and six private banking centers with more than $1 billion in assets. The open-architecture platform caters to HNW individuals with average relationships of $1 million mostly from family-run businesses and niche sectors including entertainment, media world and IT companies. Previously, Banerjee worked with ANZ Grindlays Bank PLC from 1989 to 1996 in corporate banking and consumer divisions as branch manager. She recently participated in Wealth Management Challenges & Opportunities, a leading roundtable conference in India hosted by Financial Express, an Indian daily paper. Banerjee has been quoted in print/online media such as Hindu Business Line, in June 2006, and on television. 12 WEALTH MANAGEMENT RISING STARS 0 92 0 92 AUGUST 2007
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