Chappuis, Laurent

Vice President and Head of Islamic Equities, Pictet & Cie, Banquiers; Geneva, Switzerland Laurent Chappuis is currently Vice President & Head of Islamic Equities for Pictet & Cie, where he is responsible for the management of the World Equities compartment of the fund as well as for all the individual Islamic accounts of Pictet & Cie. Chappuis started his investment career with Pictet & Cie in Geneva in 1990. He returned to Geneva in 1995 after an 18-month assignment in Bahrain to manage the portfolios of major Middle Eastern clients. In this capacity, he spearheaded the entry of Pictet & Cie into the Islamic asset management market, which led to the creation of the Luxembourg-registered Al Dar Islamic Fund in 1998. Since the start of this year, Chappuis has been a member of Pictet & Cie’s Private Banking Investment Committee, a three-man team in charge of defining asset allocation for all discretionary managed portfolios of the bank’s private clients. Chappuis graduated from the University of Geneva with a degree in finance.