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Pictet Poaches a Pair from HSBC Private Bank for France

Stephen Harris

19 October 2007

Pictet & Cie has hired two senior private bankers from HSBC Private Bank to strengthen its French team, according to an announcement by the Genevan bank. Françoise Neige joins Pictet’s Paris-based marketing department as a managing director. Ms Neige was formerly at Paribas and Banque Eurofin before joining HSBC Private Bank as a senior private banker in France. Bruno Rodier becomes a portfolio management director. He too is based in Paris and was most recently at HSBC Private Bank where he was a discretionary private client director. Before that, he too was at Banque Eurofin which was acquired by HSBC in 2003. The pair will report to Dominique Benoît, managing director and head of private clients at Pictet’s French operation.