Frédéric Rochat

Frédéric Rochat is Managing Partner and Co-Head of Private Clients at Lombard Odier, one of the world's leading independent wealth and asset managers. He co-heads the Group's Swiss and international private client activity with Denis Pittet and Xavier Bonna, focusing on guiding entrepreneurs and their families with long-term tailored investment strategies. He has advised a number of banks, insurers, wealth managers and other financial services firms on asset hedging, financing, recapitalisation, debt restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions.

Frédéric holds an Economics and Business Administration degree from the University of St. Gallen, which he completed in 1999. He is known as a thought leader on sustainable investing and the transition to net-zero economies. In media appearances, he has discussed helping private clients navigate market volatility and the transition to net zero, and he has analyzed France's competitiveness challenges and conditions for attracting global capital.

Career history

• 2012–present: Managing Partner and Co-Head of Private Clients at Lombard Odier
• 2010–2012: Head of Private Client Activities at Lombard Odier, London office
• 2000–2010: Investment Banking Division, Goldman Sachs Group, covering financial institutions and industrials in New York and London

What Frédéric Rochat could bring to his current role as Managing Partner and Co-Head of Private Clients: Drawing on more than a decade at Goldman Sachs advising financial institutions on complex transactions, combined with his deep expertise in European wealth management, Rochat brings sophisticated M&A and corporate advisory experience to one of the world's most respected independent private banks. His focus on sustainable investing and demonstrated thought leadership on economic transitions positions Lombard Odier to serve entrepreneurs navigating generational wealth transfers and portfolio repositioning in an era of global change.