People Moves
Swiss Bank Hires Former Rothschild Banker As CEO

The bank's parent company has also said that it will be appointing a new member to its board of directors in March 2018.
Bellevue
Group has appointed Thomas Pixner as chief executive of Bank
am Bellevue and a member of the executive board of Bellevue
Group, in a bid to bolster its wealth management offering.
Pixner will become CEO of Bank am Bellevue by 1 February 2018,
and will be responsible for growing the wealth management
business for entrepreneurial private clients, the firm said in a
statement.
He has more than 20 years’ experience in the industry. He was
previously a member of the executive committee wealth management
& trust, and head of investments Switzerland at Rothschild Bank
AG Zurich.
“Thomas Pixner is an internationally experienced wealth
management expert,” said André Rüegg CEO of Bellevue Group. “As
CEO, he will further strengthen the new positioning of the wealth
management franchise in a joint effort with the already
successful operational team headed by Christian Zenker. With his
many years of experience and valued competency, Thomas Pixner
will be instrumental in guiding the bank through its next stage
of development and accelerating the ongoing extension of our
services.”
Veit de Maddalena will also be proposed for election to the board
of directors at the annual general meeting in March 2018, the
firm also said.
De Maddalena was previously head of wealth management and trust
division at Rothschild & Co.
The firm has also appointed Thomas Blum as senior client advisor.
He has more than 15 years of experience in working with an
international clientele, primarily at Rothschild Bank AG, Zurich
and, before that, at VP Bank in Vaduz.