CFI.co Meets the Chief Commercial Officer of First Names Group: Kevin O’Connell

Aleading independent provider of trust, corporate, fund and real estate services, First Names Group is above all else a people business. Kevin O’Connell, the Group’s chief commercial officer, says that “our belief in the value of our people-centric approach is

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CFI.co Meets the CEO of Raiffeisen Centrobank: Wilhelm Celeda

Being part of Raiffeisen Centrobank (RCB) more than twenty years, Wilhelm Celeda knows best what his company stands for: “RCB offers best in class services for the entire spectrum of services and products around equities, derivatives, and equity capital transactions

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CFI.co Meets the CEO of Delen Private Bank: Paul De Winter

Delen Private Bank is specialised in asset management for private clients. With over €29 billion in assets under management, the bank is one of the largest independent private banks in Belgium. Paul De Winter, who joined the bank in 1990,

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CFI.co Meets the CEO and Chairman of FFA Private Bank: Jean Riachi

How would you describe your upbringing and career path? I was born and raised in Lebanon but I left the country during the civil war to study in Paris. In 1985, I graduated from HEC (Paris) with an MSc in

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CFI.co Meets the Managing Director of Herald Land: Bob Clarke

With a long history in successful real estate, and a real passion for working with the Arab countries, Bob Clarke leads the expert team at Herald Land as managing director. Mr Clarke is responsible for overseeing and planning the future

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Otaviano Canuto, World Bank: The Metamorphosis of Financial Globalisation

After a strong rising tide starting in the 1990s, financial globalisation seems to have reached a plateau since the global financial crisis. However, that apparent stability has taken place along a deep reshaping of cross-border financial flows, featuring de-banking and

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Boris Johnson

Former mayor of London Boris Johnson (53), burning with ambition to seize the moment and make Britain great again, still has his eyes set on replacing Theresa May in Number 10. Jockeying for power in the chaotic days following last

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Michel Barnier

His job requires the patience of a saint – and an ability to repeat the message ad nauseam. Michel Barnier (66), the European Union’s chief negotiator in charge of ushering the UK out of the bloc as per its own

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David Davis

He had promised “the battle of the summer”, yet the argument-which-never-was ended seven minutes after it had started with a technical knockout. Before heading off to Brussels for the first round of Brexit talks, David Davis (68) had promised to

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Guy Verhofstadt

He is the one European politician almost all Brits love to hate – and he knows it. Guy Verhofstadt, however, gives as good as he gets and visibly enjoys yanking the chains that tie Brexiteers to their grand project. Throwing

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