French national, aged 58, Chairman of the Board of Directors/Executive Director
Appointment at Compagnie Financière Tradition S.A.: First elected on 7 January 1997. Re-elected on 25 April 2007 for a three-year term.
Offices held in governing and supervisory bodies of large public or private, Swiss or foreign corporations, foundations or institutions at 31 December 2010: Chairman of the Boards of Directors of VIEL & Compagnie Finance (France) and Financière Vermeer B.V. (Netherlands), Director of Bourse Direct (France) and of Swiss Life Banque (France). Member of the Steering Committee of Paris Europlace (France), the Board of Directors of Planet Finance (France), and the International Strategy Committee of Columbia Business School, New York (USA). Managing Director of VIEL & Cie (France).
Operational management appointments within the Group at 31 December 2010: Heads the Executive Board of Compagnie Financière Tradition S.A.
Education: Ecole des Affaires Européennes (ESCP-EAP); Paris. MBA from Columbia University.
Career history: On his return from New York in 1979, Patrick Combes took over VIEL & Cie, gradually transforming the company through organic and external growth, first in France and then on the international level, into a global player on the world’s financial markets. In 1996, when VIEL & Cie took control of Compagnie Financière Tradition, he became Chairman of the Board of Directors. Patrick Combes is a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur.
