A C-suite appointment is announced by the Geneva-based private banking and investment firm.

The chief operating officer of Mirabaud Asset Management, François Leyss, who has been named as COO for the Geneva-based Mirabaud Group, will take up his new position on 1 March.

Leyss' future duties will include overseeing information technology, operations and trading activities for all of the Mirabaud Group's business lines (wealth management, asset management and securities). Leyss has been a member of the management for Mirabaud Asset Management since 2012. 

The firm has appointed Raphaël Ducret, who has been at Mirabaud since 2016, to replace Leyss as the new COO of Mirabaud Asset Management.

This publication has asked if Leyss is taking over the COO role as a newly-minted position or if he is replacing a person who has moved on, and will update in due course.