LSESU Business and Investment Group's Banking and Markets subcommittee will be hosting a fireside chat with Laurent Ramsey on 25 February, 5:00pm GMT. Laurent is Managing Partner and CEO of Pictet Asset Management, and has over 20 years of experience in the asset management industry. Pictet is a Swiss multinational private bank, with 544 billion CHF of assets under management.

Laurent Ramsey has been a Managing Partner of the Pictet Group since 1 January 2016. He has co-headed Pictet Asset Management (PAM) with Sébastien Eisinger since 1 April 2019, having been sole responsible of the Group’s institutional arm between 2016 and 2019.

Laurent has more than 20 years’ experience in the asset management industry, including 16 in the areas of pensions and distribution. He joined Pictet in 1993. After spending two years in Geneva, Laurent was sent to Asia, where he worked as a Senior Investment Manager in Hong Kong and Singapore. He was then put in charge of institutional business development for the region and appointed Executive Director of Pictet Asia. Laurent came back to Geneva in 2000 as Head of Marketing & Sales of Pictet Funds. He became CEO of the division in 2004. In 2010, following the merger of Pictet Funds and Pictet Asset Management into one business line, Laurent was appointed Global Head of Distribution of Pictet Asset Management.

Laurent holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in International Management from HEC Lausanne School of Business and Economics. In 1994 he earned a Federal Diploma for Financial Analyst and Portfolio Manager.

Join us on this session to hear his career story and learn more about the field of investment and funds!