New leadership in Geneva and Manchester
08 July 2019
- Contact Ivo Hemelraad
- Chief Executive Officer
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To further strengthen and grow ZEDRA’s international support to clients, we have appointed new roles in the UK and Switzerland.
As from July 1st, 2019, Stuart McLuckie will take up the role of Managing Director of ZEDRA’s Cheshire office. Stuart’s career has spanned nearly 20 years, during which time his focus has been working with private clients in trust, structuring, succession planning and philanthropy matters. Stuart has spent the majority of his career to date working with individuals and families across the UK to assist them structure their family wealth and provide succession planning. He has also been heavily involved with structuring the wealth of families across the Middle East.
Taking over the role of Managing Director of ZEDRA Switzerland is Mario Cohn. Mario predominantly works with Latin American clients in corporate and private matters, including cross-border transactions. Mario started his career in a Big Four firm before working in Luxembourg and Zürich for a leading corporate services provider. He joined ZEDRA Geneva as a Director in 2016.
To further strengthen and grow ZEDRA Switzerland, Giovanni La Forgia has been appointed Commercial Director for Switzerland. Giovanni has a decade of experience and has held various senior management positions in major firms in the financial services industry in both Luxembourg and Switzerland. He has worked for ZEDRA for three years and has an extensive understanding of European corporate and private client needs.
Finally, Bhavnita Gosrani, Associate Director of ZEDRA Geneva’s UK and Middle East team, has joined ZEDRA Switzerland’s Management team from July 1st, 2019. Bhavnita has a wide range of experience working with clients from a variety of jurisdictions including the Middle East, UK and India, and she has over 12 years experience in working in the trust industry.