Benoit Herman

Director in the Group Strategy Team, reporting to the Global Head of Corporate Development. The job includes coordinating/managing the strategic planning process, redaction of strategy-related Board Papers, participation to ad-hoc strategic analysis at group level, and coordination of a team of 4 people in Zürich

Director Strategy & Execution, reporting to the CFO. The function includes being in charge of the strategic planning process and the corporate development projects (Acquisitions, divestures, strategic analysis, etc), as well as analysis of industry developments. It also involves regular interactions with members of the Executive Committee, presence at some meetings of the Board of Directors, and being the point of contact for investment bankers and other external parties

Managemnt of two funds of hedge funds, investing in arbitrage strategies. The position included investment decisions, involvement in and coordination of due diligence process, communication to investors and sales

Management of funds invested in Japanese equities, financial analysis of Japanese stocks, definition of equities investment policy on the Japanese equity market. Portfolios under management included: Bank's own assets (nostro), institutional assets, model portfolio of the private bank. The job involved making regular contributions to the bank's publications

Assistance in the management of client portfolios and client relationship management (reporting etc)

Responsible for sales for the region Rotterdam North.

Japan and China

International Business Management

Japanese Language, comparative culture, research about the Japanese investment fund system