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Claim this profile →Claude Kurzo was appointed Head of Middle East for JP Morgan Asset Management in June 2025, leading the firm's expansion in the region. Kurzo is Swiss-born and brings over a decade of leadership experience at JPMAM across London, New York, and Zurich.
Kurzo holds an MBA from IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain, and a master's degree in law from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. He also co-founded McKinsey's Family Business Practice during his consulting tenure.
Career History
- Country Head, UK (March 2023 – June 2025)
- Country Head, Switzerland (2018 – March 2023)
- Global Head of Strategy and Business Transformation, JP Morgan Asset Management (based in New York)
- McKinsey consultant in Zurich and Dubai
What Claude Kurzo could bring to the Middle East Head role: Kurzo's appointment leverages his unique dual exposure to both mature European markets and the Middle East region through his prior McKinsey work and his responsibility for evaluating MENA opportunities during his Switzerland tenure. His background in global strategy and business transformation positions him to execute JP Morgan Asset Management's expansion agenda in the Middle East, where the firm recently committed to hiring over 100 additional staff members.
Sources
- JP Morgan appoints Claude Kurzo as asset management head for Middle East
- Exclusive: JP Morgan AM appoints new Middle East head in reshuffle
- JP Morgan AM appoints head of Mideast asset management - Funds Global MENA
- Claude Kurzo | World Economic Forum
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