Banque Cantonale de Geneve : Sophie Dubuis appointed to the Board of Directors of the Bank

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Governance

BCGE - Sophie Dubuis appointed to the Board of Directors of the Bank

Geneva, 07 April 2020 - For the forthcoming BCGE Annual General

Assembly, the City of Geneva has appointed Mrs Sophie Dubuis to the Board of Directors of the Bank. She will replace Mr Grégoire Carasso who is retiring from the Board of Directors. She will take up her duties at the end of the Annual General Assembly on 5 May.

In accordance with the law on the Banque Cantonale de Genève, the City of Geneva has appointed Sophie Dubuis as the city's representative on the Bank's Board of Directors. She replaces Grégoire Carasso, who was appointed in 2014 and who announced his intention to step down last October.

Mrs Sophie Dubuis is a partner at RHconseil SA, President of the Geneva Tourism & Congress Foundation and the Fédération du commerce genevois, and a member of the Executive Committee of the Swiss Employers' Association. She has held various management positions at Bucherer SA, the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG), Palexpo and Forum Fribourg. She holds a diploma in tourism management from the HES-SO Valais, a degree in employee leadership from the Centre Romand de Promotion du Management (CRPM) in Lausanne and an Executive MBA in project management from HEC Geneva. She is also a certified coach.

Sophie Dubuis will take office at the end of the BCGE Annual General Assembly to be held on 5 May. She will join the Board of Directors, which consists of 11 members representing the Canton and City of Geneva, Geneva municipalities and private shareholders, and is chaired by Professor Gilbert Probst.

For further information, please contact:

Lydia Albrecht, BCGE Spokesperson: [phone] - [e-mail]

Grégory Jaquet, Deputy BCGE Spokesperson: [phone] - [e-mail]

Banque Cantonale de Genève	Website: www.bcge.ch
P.O. Box 2251	Tel. [phone]
1211 Geneva 2	Fax [phone]

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