Vontobel: Maria-Antonella Bino is the new General Counsel

Vontobel Holding, the Swiss private banking and investment management group, has named Maria-Antonella Bino, the former Deputy Attorney General of Switzerland, as new General Counsel. Effective June 1, 2021. Bino will take lead in all Vontobel Legal & Compliance functions. At the same time, she will become a member of the Executive Committee of Vontobel Holding and of Bank Vontobel.

Maria-Antonella Bino is joining Vontobel from the Swiss digital bank Sygnum, where she was a member of the Executive Board with responsibility for the Legal & Compliance function. Prior to that, she served as General Counsel and a member of the Executive Board of BNP Paribas (Suisse) in Geneva and oversaw its Legal & Compliance function.

Maria-Antonella Bino has extensive experience in the fields of compliance and other key areas of law acquired during her many years in the finance industry as well as her role as Swiss Federal Examining Magistrate, and her work in the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland and later as Deputy Attorney General of Switzerland.

Headquartered in Zurich, Vontobel Holding was established in 1924, it has over 2,000 employees. Vontobel group’s core businesses are wealth management, investment banking and asset management, catering to wealthy private clients and institutional investors. As of March 31, 2021, Vontobel held CHF 290.6 billion of total client assets.