Having served in chairmanship roles at several major financial institutions, such as Deutsche Bank, Eurex Group and Lombard Odier, the Swiss national is now chair of the Luxembourg-headquartered group of private banks.

Quintet Private Bank, a European group, has appointed former Deutsche Bank and Lombard Odier senior figure Hugo Bänziger as its new chairman.

Bänziger is succeeding Rory Tapner, who served as chair from 2020 until the end of 2024. He was also a former chairman of the Eurex Group. 

Bänziger began his career at the Swiss Federal Banking Commission, then served for more than 10 years at Credit Suisse in London and Zurich. A Swiss national, he served as governor of the London School of Economics and was a visiting professor at the Lee Kwan Yew Institute for Public Policy in Singapore and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He holds a degree in modern history and constitutional law from the University of Berne, where he earned his doctoral degree.

Bänziger has spent many years contributing to global causes, including being a longtime member of the Assembly (board) of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva.

Founded in 1949, Quintet operates in the UK and other parts of Europe. Among its businesses is Brown Shipley, the UK private bank. 

Besides Brown Shipley, other banks in the Quintet stable are:

-- InsingerGilissen (Netherlands); 
-- Merck Finck (Germany); 
-- Puilaetco (Belgium); 
-- Quintet Danmark (Denmark); and 
-- Quintet Luxembourg.