Running the extra mile

David Yarrow is not one to take the expected route. Now one of the world’s best-known fine art photographers, he began his professional life in finance – first as an investment banker, then running his own hedge fund. UBP Monaco is currently exhibiting David's work, and we had the chance to interview him about his career and his creative process.

Sophie Lavaud knows what it takes to reach the top. In 2023, she became the first Swiss woman to complete the Himalayan Grand Slam, summiting all fourteen 8,000-metre peaks. But for a mountaineer of her calibre, experience sometimes tells her when the risks outweigh the rewards.

In early June our Monaco office hosted a private viewing for some clients of a selection of the renowned photographer David Yarrow’s most iconic works, with the artist himself present.

On 20 and 21 June UBP held its annual exclusive visits of Art Basel for clients: an opportunity valued by clients and bankers alike for exchanging on topics of mutual interest and nurturing their ties.

Our colleague Kim Giolo, Data Analyst in our Internal Audit department, has found a great way of combining his long-standing commitment to volunteering for children’s welfare with a hobby that brings joy to him as well as others: he performs magic tricks for kids in hospital.

A balance between youth and seniority, innovation and experience, progressivism and conservatism, drive and wisdom is the recipe for a successful team.

At UBP we recognise the strength of diversity, and that includes diversity in professional backgrounds and skills. Because we know that every single thing you learn about, or learn how to do, will serve you one day in another field.

As a follow-up to her internal conference at UBP in early 2024, skipper Justine Mettraux recently came back for an update, in Geneva and in Zurich. It was a highly anticipated talk because, since her last visit, she has achieved the feat of arriving 8^th in the most prestigious round-the-world solo race, the Vendée Globe.