Speakers
Norman Villamin
Group Chief Strategist
Norman Villamin joined UBP in November 2015 as Head of Investment Services and Treasury & Trading of UBP Zurich, shortly after which he was appointed Chief Investment Officer (CIO), Wealth Management. In 2023, he assumed the global role of Group Chief Strategist in which he is responsible for elaborating the Bank’s long-term investment strategy and developing investment convictions for the Bank’s Global Investment Committee.
Norman has over 20 years of experience managing wealth both on an advisory and a discretionary basis. He was previously Chief Investment Officer for Coutts International, Head of Investment Analysis & Advice for Citi Private Bank in the Asia-Pacific, Head of Asia-Pacific Research for HSBC as well as Head of Asia-Pacific Strategy for Morgan Stanley based in Hong Kong and Singapore.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan and a master’s in Business Administration from the University of Chicago.
Olivier Debat
Senior Investment Specialist, Deputy Head of Investment Specialist team
Olivier joined UBP in August 2010 as an Investment Specialist dedicated to fixed income. Previously, he spent two years at Allianz Global Investors in Paris working on Euro Fixed Income strategies, with a focus on investment-grade and high-yield credit products. Before joining Allianz, Olivier spent four years at Credit Agricole Investment Bank as an Account Manager in the Global Oil & Gas Division and then as an Associate on the Equity Capital Markets desk. Prior to this, he was an Equity Analyst at Credit Lyonnais for four years. Olivier is a graduate of the EM Lyon Business School, holds the CEFA diploma as well as the Certificate in ESG Investing from the CFA Institute.