Jean-Pierre Mustier and Bernard Gault join Unigestion Holding’s Board
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Jean-Pierre Mustier
Board member
Bernard Gault
Board member
Unigestion, a global boutique asset manager, is delighted to announce the appointment of Jean-Pierre Mustier and Bernard Gault as Non-executive Directors.
Both Mr Mustier and Mr Gault have multi-decade prestigious careers in the financial industry and private equity.
Jean-Pierre Mustier, who has close to 40 years’ experience in investment banking and private equity, is Chairman of German commercial real estate bank Aareal Bank and French technology company Atos. Having started his career at Société Générale in 1987, he was appointed Deputy General Manager of the Corporate & Investment Banking division of pan-European commercial bank UniCredit in 2011. He became CEO of UniCredit in 2016. Mr Mustier was Chairman of the European Banking Federation between 2019 and 2021.
Bernard Gault is the founding partner of investment company Barville & Co, a Director of OVH Cloud and Chairman of the Centrale-Supélec Foundation. He started his career in 1982 at Compagnie Financière de Suez before joining Morgan Stanley in 1988, where he was Managing Director of the bank’s Paris office and head of the Morgan Stanley Capital Partners private equity fund for Europe. In 2006, he became a founding partner of the financial advisory and asset management firm Perella Weinberg Partners. From 2022 to 2023, he was Chairman and CEO of Elior Group, one of the world’s leading contract caterers.
Unigestion Holding’s Board now comprises Bernard Sabrier, Chairman; Patrick Fenal, Deputy Chairman; Alain Robert, former Executive Vice Chairman of UBS Global Wealth Management; Beatrice Weder di Mauro, Professor of International Economics at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, and President of CEPR; Jean-Pierre Mustier and Bernard Gault.
Bernard Sabrier, Chairman of Unigestion, said: “We are thrilled that Jean-Pierre Mustier and Bernard Gault have joined our Board of Directors. I have no doubt Unigestion will benefit from their exceptional experience running financial companies over multiple market cycles.”
Jean-Pierre Mustier said: “The asset management industry is going to change dramatically during the next decade. I look forward to helping steer Unigestion towards achieving its full potential during this period of evolution.”
Bernard Gault said: “Unigestion has created a strong franchise in private equity, identifying and supporting the growth of emerging champions. With such a unique angle and strong performance, I look forward to helping Unigestion build on its strengths in this growing area of asset management.”
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