Geneviève Berclaz

Geneviève is a seasoned professional in the identification and management of regulatory risk.

She has acquired nearly 25 years of experience and knowledge with the Federal Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), the Federal Finance Administration or as an auditor or consultant. She excels as a trainer and sparring partner in the analysis of complex files or governance issues.

As a coach and mentor, she puts listening at the center of the relationship with her clients, in the search for solutions that respect their ecology. She also offers non-technical training specific to risk management professions.

Geneviève has been a director of several banks and financial intermediaries.

Géraldine Badel Poitras

Attorney at law, SAV-FSA mediator and Trust & Estate Practioner (STEP), Géraldine is an expert in project and crisis management (non-compliance situations, internal investigations, correction of internal processes).

Over the last 25 years, she has been Head of Legal & Compliance in various Swiss and Canadian banking establishments. Géraldine has solid experience of the regulatory and legal constraints governing asset structures (Anglo-Saxon trusts, foundations, etc.) and the new world of fintechs.

Géraldine has a holistic and human approach to regulatory risk management. She mediates in commercial and financial services matters.

Géraldine is a partner in a law firm specialising in business law in Geneva and Hong Kong. She is an independent bank director and fund manager.

Anne Waldburger Berthenet

A lawyer with a degree in Economics (HEC), Anne is an experienced practitioner in anti-money laundering (AML) and compliance issues.

She was head of the Compliance department of a renowned Geneva private bank, for which she worked for some fifteen years. For several years, she has specialised in outsourcing the compliance function and in setting up and/or reorganising structures and compliance processes. She is board member of an asset management company.

Anne is committed to finding pragmatic and effective solutions tailored to her clients’ needs and regulatory requirements.

Aurélie Rougemont Tolis

Certified lawyer and holder of a Master’s degree in tax law from the University of Geneva, Aurélie has been an in-house counsel in regulatory and legal matters for Swiss universal and private banks, with international activity, for the past 25 years. She was successively in charge of regulatory projects, of the Legal, Compliance and Tax Departments, and of the Wealth Planning, Pension Planning and Governance Department.

Aurélie has extensive experience in implementing regulatory changes (including tax regulations) within banks, asset managers and advisors, and in supprting the transformation of organizations and business models.

She is board member of a FINMA-regulated asset manager and responsible for legal, compliance and risk management. She has set up an online digital training company in the field of finance. She is also a member of an SRO commission for a FINMA-accredited organization. For over 15 years, she has also developed a teaching and conference activity aimed at financial players.

Aurélie favors a global approach and offers effective, tailored solutions for managing regulatory and compliance risks. The key to her support is the ability to make complex legal concepts easy to grasp, so as to enable the creation of entrepreneurial value.