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Leadership

The people responsible for your file.

Continental Bank is a small institution by design. Decisions about your relationship rest with named individuals whose tenure, credentials, and authority are public — not with a panel whose composition shifts.

Geneva · senior office

The principals at the head of the bank.

ÉM

É. Marchand

Chairman · Geneva

Continental since 1994

Joined Continental in 1989 from a Vaudoise private bank. Chairman since 1994. Sits on the audit and compliance committees. Studied law at Lausanne and Geneva.

CR

C. Rougier

Chief Compliance Officer · Geneva

Continental since 2006

Career compliance officer. Previously head of AML at a tier-1 Swiss private bank. Member of the Swiss Bankers Association's working group on private client KYC.

ÉD

É. Dupont

Head of Private Clients · Geneva

Continental since 2003

Twenty-two years with Continental. Oversees the relationship-manager team. Each Geneva private client is paired with a named officer reporting to É. Dupont.

Desk heads

Continental abroad.

Each desk operates under the same protocol as Geneva, with a senior officer responsible to the Chairman.

IW

I. Whitmore

Desk Head · London

Continental since 2011

Former head of UK private banking at a top-five British bank. Oversees the Mayfair desk and serves UK-domiciled principals across all three currencies.

LF

L. Faber

Desk Head · Luxembourg

Continental since 2009

Oversees the EU-passported desk. Coordinates with counsel on cross-border estate and holding structures for our European clientele.

KL

K. Lim

Desk Head · Singapore

Continental since 2017

Joined from a tier-1 Singaporean wealth manager. Coordinates with the Asia-Pacific relationship team and provides local cover during European hours.

SA

S. Al-Mahmoud

Desk Head · Dubai

Continental since 2019

Leads the Middle East & North Africa desk. Long-standing relationships with the region's principal families and family offices.

RC

R. Carrington

Representative · New York

Continental since 2018

Represents Continental in the Americas. Acts as the introducer to the Geneva private client office for North American principals.