PRESS RELEASE Paris, July 22nd 2013
FINANCIERE DE L’ECHIQUIER STRENGTHENS ITS GLOBAL AND EMERGING MARKETS EXPERTISE AND ENHANCES ITS PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT TEAM MICHAEL KOORIS and ROBERT KUIN are appointed portfolio managers of the new ECHIQUIER GLOBAL EMERGENTS Fund MICHAEL KOORIS is a graduate of Georgetown University (Washington D.C.) and a CFA charterholder. He arrived in France 13 years ago to join BNP Paribas Investment Partners as an analyst and then a portfolio manager specialised in Emerging Markets, before co-heading the EEMEA team. He joins the management team of FINANCIÈRE DE L’ECHIQUIER’s GLOBAL Funds range as co-manager of the ECHIQUIER GLOBAL EMERGENTS Fund, together with Robert Kuin. Originally from Amsterdam, ROBERT KUIN holds a Master’s degree in Finance from the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands. After working as an analyst and portfolio manager at Fortis Investments in Paris since 2002, he joined BNP Paribas Investment Partners, where he was co-head of the EEMEA team since 2011 alongside Michael Kooris. He joins the management team of FINANCIÈRE DE L’ECHIQUIER’s GLOBAL Funds range as co-manager of the ECHIQUIER GLOBAL EMERGENTS Fund. VALÉRIE PRUVOST and THIBAULT CASTRES SAINT-MARTIN join the Private Wealth Management team After studying Management and Finance, VALÉRIE PRUVOST began her career in 1992 within several portfolio management companies, including FINANCIÈRE DE L’ECHIQUIER, before moving into financial communications consultancy. In 2007, she created her own Independent Financial Advisory firm and earned a Master’s degree in Wealth Management from the University of Paris XII in 2008. After these experiences, she rejoins FINANCIÈRE DE L’ECHIQUIER’S Private Wealth Management team, where she promotes the ECHIQUIER CLUB investment solution to independent financial advisors. THIBAULT CASTRES SAINT-MARTIN holds a Master’s degree in Management from the University of ParisDauphine and a Master’s degree in Wealth Management from ESCP Europe. He worked for five years at Crédit Suisse in Paris as an analyst and then a private banker, before joining FINANCIÈRE DE L’ECHIQUIER to strengthen the Private Wealth Management team. “Michael Kooris and Robert Kuin bring our international expertise to new levels” asserts Didier Le Menestrel, Chairman of FINANCIÈRE DE L’ECHIQUIER. “Their arrival expands our research team to 27 analysts and managers, making it one of the largest on the Paris market. The hiring of Valérie Pruvost and Thibault Castres Saint-Martin also demonstrates our will to constantly enhance our offer dedicated to Independent Financial Advisors and to our private clients”. Media contact: Sophie Thiard - +33 (0) 1 47 23 98 12 - sthiard@fin-echiquier.fr About FINANCIERE DE L’ECHIQUIER: With more than €6.5 billion under management and a staff of 90, Financière de l’Echiquier is now one of France’s leading independent investment management companies. Created in 1991, it is wholly owned by its managers and employees. Its expertise: managing savings and financial investments on behalf of individual clients, independent financial advisors and institutional investors. FINANCIERE DE L’ECHIQUIER – 53, avenue d’Iéna – 75116 Paris FRANCE – Tél. : +33 (0)1.47.23.90.90. – Fax : +33 (0)1.47.23.02.46. Asset management company registered with the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) under number GP 91004