Ruben Anton joined GDP Global as Client Services Manager in early 2009 and has since worked closely with GDP directors to deepen his knowledge of the industry. He is an honours graduate in English T...
May 7, 2010 – PROFESSIONAL Liverpool (PL) visited Switzerland this week to promote Liverpool as a centre of excellence for financial services.
The visit to Zurich and Bern comes just weeks after a PL study revealed Liverpool was the UK’s biggest centre for the wealth management sector outside London.
The PL delegation updated Foreign & Commonwealth Office officials at the British embassy and UK Trade & Investment personnel on the strength of the North West economy and the importance of its financial and professional services sector.
There were further briefings with the Swiss Bankers Association, the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Zurich Financial Services. There was also a stop at headquarters of two of the world’s largest banks – UBS and Credit Suisse – followed by a meeting with Anton Thalmann, deputy state secretary and incoming Swiss ambassador to the UK. PL chief executive Mark Chadwick said: “It’s important to strike while the iron is hot. The findings of our report have received excellent coverage in the Financial Times, Le Monde and the Herald Tribune.”
