Bank Bonhôte, a Swiss private bank with a history spanning two centuries, tomorrow will be moving into historic premises in Lausanne.
Bank Bonhôte was founded in Neuchâtel in 1815 and has branches in Geneva, Lausanne, Bern and Biel. Tomorrow, the bank in Lausanne will move its offices into new premises on Rue du Grand-Chêne 5, the company said in a statement today. The Lausanne branch opened in October 2016 on 34, Avenue du Tribunal-Fédéral, a temporary solution only.
After several months of refurbishing the historic building on Rue du Grand-Chêne, Bank Bonhôte will open its offices in a place that used to house private bank Bugnion & Cie.
Birthplace of Famous Writer
The building also is the birthplace of Benjamin Constant, a famous writer and politician. Constant, born in 1767, was a founding father of political and economic liberalism.
«The five-person strong team in Lausanne will be expanded with further specialists,» said Bonhôte CEO Yves de Montmollin. Pierre Lombard is in charge of the Lausanne branch, which initially will be equipped with workplaces for eight bankers.
Quality and Endurance
Lombard is a name that obviously also carries a certain ring in Swiss private banking, but Pierre Lombard has no connection to the Geneva-based banker dynasty, research by finews.com revealed.
Pierre Lombard is a wealth manager with three decades of experience catering for Swiss and foreign clients. «I was taken with Bonhôte’s trail-blazing tilt and its ability to look to the future confidently without forsaking its two-centuries-old tradition. To me, its positioning focused on Swiss clients and its steady, proportionate growth are signs of quality and endurance.»
