EFG PRIVATE BANK LIMITED

Sailing requires strength of character, teamwork, and an ability to navigate ever changing environments with skill. Our association with sailing runs deep. From our commitment to supporting the next generation of talent through provision of valuable life skills and right up to our support for the most competitive levels in sport we are proud to be able to bring the thrill of the race to people across the world.

“We are delighted to continue the partnership with Team Malizia to 2030. Long-term, trusted relationships are the cornerstone of our business, and ours is a partnership built on ambition, shared values, a strongly aligned team spirit and a clear vision for the next generation. Team Malizia always looks to raise the bar, whether that’s in pursuit of sporting excellence, the introduction of new technologies or with their unwavering commitment to sustainability. They are a team built for the future – strategic, innovative, resilient, yet agile. We are excited to embark on the next stage of our journey and look forward to what we can achieve together.” Giorgio Pradelli, CEO of EFG International

Mozamil Afzal is the Global CIO of EFG Asset Management and the CEO of EFG Asset Management (UK). He is Chairman of the EFGAM Asset Allocation Committee, and has overall supervisory responsibility for the investment process. He joined EFG Private Bank in 1994, and was appointed as a director and CIO of EFG Private Bank Limited in March 2003 and as a director of EFG Asset Management Limited in January 2000. During his tenure at EFG, Mozamil has held a number of roles and has been responsible for the management of a series of fixed income funds and portfolios as well as holding supervisory roles in a number of multi-manager hedge and equity funds as well as managing portfolios for Retail, Professional and Institutional Clients. Mozamil was responsible for the integration and absorption of the EFG Asset Management Limited business into EFG Private Bank Limited as well as the integration of the asset management business acquired in 2005. Prior to joining EFG he was an analyst in the Macro-economic Policy Division at HM Treasury. Mozamil holds a BSc Hons Degree in Mathematics from Middlesex University and an MBA from Aston University.

Boris Herrmann, Skipper of Team Malizia and a committed ocean conservationist with whom EFG has a long and successful partnership, was taking part in a panel discussion on climate change during the “Building Bridges” conference in Geneva. We took the opportunity to speak to Boris Herrmann about the importance of ocean conservation, his efforts to raise awareness of this key topic and his love of the sea.

EFG delivered a strong operational performance in the first half of 2021 and continued to execute on its 2022 strategic plan. Against this backdrop, EFG International’s Chairman Peter Fanconi and CEO Giorgio Pradelli discussed the progress achieved in the first six months of this year and considered the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. In particular, they agreed that this is the right time to reaffirm the bank’s future course in order to unlock EFG’s full potential.