Guy Lachappelle

Credit Suisse Group AG is a holding company, which engages in the provision of financial services. It operates through the following four divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Bank, Swiss Bank and Asset Management and four geographic regions: Switzerland, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific, and Americas. The Wealth Management division offers comprehensive wealth management and investment solutions, tailored financing, and advisory services to ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) and high net-worth (HNW) individuals and external asset managers. The Investment Bank division offers a broad range of financial products and services focused on client-driven businesses and also supports Credit Suisse’s Wealth Management division and its clients. The Swiss Bank division offers comprehensive advice and a wide range of financial solutions to private, corporate, and institutional clients in Switzerland. The Asset Management division offers investment solutions and services globally to a broad range of clients, including pension funds, governments, foundations and endowments, corporations, and individuals. The company was founded by Alfred Escher on July 5, 1856 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Bank Cler AG operates as a universal bank. The firm provides banking, financing, consulting, and trading services. It also offers savings and investment, loans, payment systems, letters of credit, bill of exchange, check and documentary collections, foreign exchange, fiduciary transactions, shares and bonds, asset management, as well as investment and tax advice. The company was founded on November 3, 1927 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Banque CIC SA (Suisse) is the Swiss investment advisory subsidiary of Crédit Industriel et Commercial SA (PA: CC), itself wholly-owned by Groupe CM-CIC in France. The bank was formerly known as Bank CIAL (Switzerland) and was a branch of the French regional bank CIAL-Crédit Industriel d'Alsace et de Lorraine, based in Strasbourg. Established in 1909, Banque CIC SA (Suisse) is headquartered in Basel with branches throughout Switzerland. The bank's activities include asset management and investment advisory services, private banking, commercial banking and trade finance. Their clientele spans Switzerland, Western Europe and the US. Banque CIC SA (Suisse) manages Luxembourg-domiciled funds as well as funds of funds.

Pfandbriefzentrale der schweizerischen Kantonalbanken AG provides collateralized mortgage loans. It offers mortgage bonds to its members and receives coverage for the prime mortgage loans. The company was founded on February 10, 1931 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Verband Schweizerischer Kantonalbanken operates as a nationally chartered commercial bank. The private company is based in Basel, Switzerland.

Raiffeisen Schweiz Genossenschaft (Raiffeisen Schweiz) is an independent asset management firm headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Founded in 1899, Raiffeisen Schweiz provides investment advice and manages funds for Swiss citizens.

ErfindungsVerwertung AG engages in the provision of seed capital as well as consulting and market research services to startup companies in the field of life sciences. It offers project and business plan reviews, financial planning, business set-up, coaching, and assistance to find venture capital. The firm supports life sciences researchers, initiators of university projects, developers, and inventors in the field of drug development, medical technology, diagnostics, biomedicine, and nanotechnology. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.