The private banking firm, operating across Switzerland, has made a number of appointments in the past few weeks.

Swiss private bank Bonhôte has continued a busy period of appointments in recent weeks, announcing yesterday that it has named Kim-Andrée Potvin as chief operating officer. She has replaced former COO, Olivier Vollenweider, who is now the firm's chief administration officer, a spokesperson told this news service.

Potvin took up her role at the Neuchâtel head office in early January, the firm said in a statement. 

A native of Canada, Potvin worked for BNP Paribas for 17 years in various roles including COO, joining the bank in France, Luxembourg and later in Switzerland. After leaving the Paris-headquartered bank, she moved into Landolt & Cie and then Bamboo Capital Partners, a sustainable finance business, as COO in both firms.

Potvin has a master of science in business administration from the Université de Sherbrooke and a bachelor of commerce from McGill University. 

A few days ago, Bonhôte named Esther Halas Budinsky as product manager and Pascal Maire as portfolio manager. They are both existing members of staff.

At the end of January, Bonhôte made two senior appointments in its independent asset management department: Nicholas Bader and Olivier Christen. The moves highlighted the importance of the Swiss external asset management (EAM) industry, now operating under a new Swiss regulatory framework.

Founded in 1815, this family-run institution was sold to a financial and industrial holding firm in 1988; in 1992 a group of partners bought it out and returned it to private hands. The executive team consists of Yves de Montmollin, CEO, Olivier Vollenweider and Julien Staehli. Besides its Neuchâtel HQ, the firm has branches in Bern, Biel/Bienne, Geneva, Lausanne, Solothurn and Zurich.