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Article by Anne

M. Michel Réthoret, commonly known as Michel Réthoret was born on July 11 in the year 1944 in Geneva. He resides at RAF Fintrust S.A., 9; place du Bourg-de-Four, Geneva, Switzerland. From a very early time, Michel developed a keen interest on the financial world, investment and fiscal operations that developed his urge to pursue his career in the same field.

Michel Réthoret completed his DECS (Diplome d’Etudes Higher Accountancy) from the University of Lyon. During the time of pursuing his studies at the university, Michel actively participated in different seminars, workshops that enabled him to get a glimpse of the financial industry. He even got the chance of meeting several dignitaries and professionals of the field.

After acquiring the degree, Michel arrived at Geneva and started working with different financial firms through which he developed a keen understanding of the different financial operations, techniques and strategies employed in the trade. He also gained a good deal of understanding of the Swiss and global tax systems. He then set up two trustees in Geneva which was sold in the year 1985.

After this, Michel Réthoret continued with this task of setting up a new trust that mainly focused on asset structuring and consulting services. At this time of his career, Michel got the prestigious job opportunity of becoming a board member of a bank in Hamburg, the second largest city of Germany. With the passage of time, Michel’s works, performances and managerial aptitude grabbed the attention of different companies and financial organizations. He is among the board of directors of different investment fund companies and several other Swiss firms and overseas companies that are involved with the real estate business.

Michel Réthoret is one of the board members of Bucephale Group, a renowned and autonomous Swiss fund of hedge funds management firm established in Geneva in 1996. Michel was among the chief members along with Claude Bovet and Giuseppe Tomé, one of the Managing Directors of Bucephale Group, when by the end of 2002, Bucephale Group decided to expand its operations and improve its business decisions by welcoming a number of luminaries from across different parts of the world to its Board of Advisors. These dignitaries belonged to different fields like investment banking, asset management, academics, insurance and hedge fund industry.

Among these various dignitaries was Bernd F. Reuther who was the Executive Director, Investment Banking in Frankfurt and the former chief of Investment Banking at Goldman Sachs in Zurich. Michel Réthoret received great appreciation and acknowledgement from his peer groups and subordinates for the contributions he made in the field of asset management, investment banking and financial management. He gave important speeches in different seminars and conventions and still attends these discussions.

Punctuality, dedication and professionalism towards work have been the motto of Michel Réthoret, who is now an icon in front of aspiring professionals and other executives. Michel learnt a lot of things through trial and error methods, research and analysis of financial information and he still considers himself a learner – that’s what makes him different from the other experienced members of the industry.