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Michael Welti is member of the Executive Committee and Head of Private Banking at Banque Heritage, a renowned Swiss Private Bank representing the core values of Swiss Wealth Management with a strong focus on Entrepreneurs & Executives. With over 30 years in the banking industry, he specialized in Global Wealth Management and financial advisory services. His career includes multiple senior leadership roles across various Swiss financial institutions such as UBS, UBP and REYL Intesa Sanpaolo.

Recognized for his contributions to the banking sector, Michael was awarded with the “Banker of the Year” in 2020, a Certified Wealth Management Advisor CWMA, passed the Advanced Executive Program and Executive Program by Swiss Finance Institute and did targeted studies in Sustainable Investing and Current Trends in Sustainable Investing at University Zurich.

International banker with over 25 years in senior management in Private Banking with Merrill Lynch & Co., Deutsche Bank AG, CA Indosuez, Credit Suisse, Julius Bär and worked in New York, London. Tokyo, Mumbai, Zürich.

• – Former Country Head Deutsche Bank AG, India, Private Banking & Investments.
• – Former CEO, International College of Financial Planning, India.
• – Attended World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos Switzerland, 2015, 2016.

Areas of expertise:

• FinTech, Private equity,  Asset Allocation Specialist, Impact & ESG Investing

Beate Born is currently Head of Strategic Projects at UBS Wealth Management in Zürich. She runs global regulatory initiatives (e.g. MiFIDII implementation), large platform projects and ad hoc responses to geopolitical events (e.g. Brexit). With 17 years of experience in operational risk, change and regulatory management in financial services in Europe, Asia and Australia she recently set a professional and academic focus on sustainability and data in banking.

Beate is a member of the EDM council’s ESG committee and active within the Women in Data network, she is frequently appears as a guest speaker at industry conferences and has written papers amongst other topics on ‘Regulatory Equivalence’, Client Advisor Barriers to Sustainable Investing’ and ‘Operational Risk Management during the Covid-19 Crisis’.

Beate has completed Master’s degrees at the Sorbonne and at the Clark University Business School of Management  as well as an Executive Degree at the Swiss Finance Institute. She is certified in Financial Market Regulation by the University of Zürich and is currently obtaining a Master’s degree at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Asher Benbenisty is the director of product marketing for Algosec. Asher is an experienced product marketing professional with a diverse background in all aspects of the corporate marketing mix, product/project management as well as technical expertise. Asher is passionate about bringing innovative products that solve real business problems to the market. When not thinking of innovative products, Asher enjoys outdoor running especially by the ocean.