Banking CEOs Working from Home

Mathias Imbach, Sygnum co-founder and CEO in Singapore

Imbach regularly communicates business partner and co-founder Manuel Krieger (see below) from his apartment in Singapore regularly. «Sygnum Bank is a natively digital business. At the start of the COVID-19, enabled by our cloud IT infrastructure, we transitioned seamlessly into fully 'decentralized mode,' with our teams in Zurich and Singapore working remotely.»

Manuel Krieger, Sygnum co-founder and CEO in Switzerland

«One of the positive by-products of the COVID-19 crisis has been to underline the resilience – and importance - of the digital economy. During times of great disruption like this, businesses with a fully digital operating model supported by cloud-based IT infrastructure are not just able to continue 'business as usual,' but also possess the agility to adapt and seize new opportunities.»

Laurent Gagnebin, Rothschild Bank CEO

«As a family, we got used to it quickly – and it's nice to see more of each other. Thanks to tech tools, we can still work – and we're more efficient because everyone keeps it brief. The exception is that the blizzard of emails is even stronger. I am starting to miss personal contact with our clients and employees, as well as personal ones.»

Guy Spier, Founder and Managing Partner Aquamarine Fund

«I’m extraordinarily fortunate in that I can work from anywhere – and often do. So social isolation is no hardship. Actually, I’m getting a lot of great reading done and am doing plenty of exercise. Also, because our children are home from school, I get to see them a lot and we have a family meal every night. It’s an extra bonus that I’m super grateful for.»

Andre Duka, Founder and CEO Dukascopy Bank

Oddly enough, work at the bank has accelerated during this quarantine. Traditional meetings (face to face) turned out to be harder to organize than phone conferences. We are now faced with less formalities with the same result. The pandemic has significantly increased the demand for our bank’s services and our profits increased many times over. Personally, however, I miss my colleagues and I want to return to the office.

Sergio Ermotti, UBS CEO

The head of Switzerland's largest bank wasn't fussy about plugging in earphones to conduct an interview with financial broadcaster «Bloomberg» from his iPhone. The global wealth manager braced early for the crisis, which hit in Asia first – where UBS has a sizable presence.