
Michel Destraz
Legal & Compliance
Zurich, Switzerland
Professional History
- Since 2010 Founder, Chairman and CEO of Clairemont Management & Consulting Ltd, an independent Swiss asset management and consulting firm
- 2008 – 2010 Branch Manager of IDB (Swiss) Bank Ltd., a foreign bank in Switzerland
- 1992 – 2008 CEO of Arzi Bank Ltd, a private bank in Zurich
- 1984 – 1992 The Chase Manhattan Bank, in New York, London, Zurich and Geneva: Vice President, Corporate Finance, responsible for client relationship with focus on risk management, structured finance and mergers & acquisitions
- External consulting and board of directors mandates
Education
- Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems (Magna cum Laude) and Master in Business Administration and Financial Management at the National University in San Diego
- Executive Master of European and International Business Law (M.B.L.-HSG) at the University of St. Gallen
- Program of Instruction for Lawyers at the Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts