👉 He kindly answered a few questions about his career path and the private banking industry and shared some advice for our MSc. in Finance students who will soon start their careers.
▪ During his 30-year career in finance, he held senior positions in leading international banking institutions.
▪ After his first experience in BSI, he joined the Monegasque branch of HSBC, where he held positions of increasing responsibility until he became Head of Private Banking in 2006.
▪ In 2007, he joined Barclays as CEO/manager of the branch, and in 2015, he became CEO, Wealth & Investment Management Europe and, in 2016, CEO, Private Bank EMEA.
▪ From 2009 to 2019, he has been a board member of the Association Monégasque des Activités Financières (AMAF).

Camille Lopez graduated with her MSc in International Management in 2022. At the end of the 1st year of her master, she launched Hy-Plug, a consulting firm for innovative projects in the yachting industry.
Passionate about technology and wish to preserve our environment, she offers consulting services for sustainable technologies and green energy in the maritime energy transition with HY-Plug.

IUM educates highly skilled and responsible business leaders from all over the world in the fields of high-value activities, particularly in Luxury, Hospitality, and Financial Services.

IUM offers outstanding teaching in its small, connected, stimulating, cross-cultural environment fostering an entrepreneurial spirit, collaborative work, experiential learning, and mutual understanding among students, faculty, and staff.

IUM stands for educational quality through research devoted to advancing and disseminating management knowledge in high-value activities to improve managerial practices. It conducts its research activities closely connecting with the local and international business community, encouraging innovation, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable development.

IUM contributes to the internationalization of the academic institution to which it belongs, OMNES Education, and the Principality of Monaco’s attractiveness and dynamism.

“Le strategie del lusso sono state inventate in Europa e sviluppate in tutto il mondo principalmente da aziende francesi e italiane” (J.N.Kapferer, V. Bastien, 2012).

Monaco situata tra questi due paesi, rappresenta il luogo ideale dove gli studenti possono apprendere i paradigmi del lusso in classe e vivere il lusso al di fuori dell’aula.

Dal 2006 IUM ha sviluppato la Laurea magistrale in Luxury Management, considerando le esigenze di un segmento in continua evoluzione e lavorando a stretto contatto con i più grandi player del settore e marchi emergenti.

Il programma mira a dare agli studenti: una solida base nel Luxury Management, trasmettendo il quadro teorico, le dinamiche, i codici concentrandosi sulla Customer Experience del lusso. In 15 anni, la nostra laurea magistrale in Luxury Management ha formato una grande comunità di Alumni, ben consolidata e in continua crescita in decine di paesi, che lavorano in tutti i settori del lusso.

After the first edition in 2021, where over 150 UHNWI professionals joined an exclusive event about the UHNWI Customer Journey online and offline at the Monaco Yacht Club, we launched the second edition with the Yacht Club of Monaco on the 27th of June at the Yacht club.
This edition focused on The 21st Century Uber Luxury Client – Insights from practice and research.

The Monaco Ocean Protection Challenge is an international business plan pitching competition showcasing new business concepts and models with a measurable positive environmental impact on the ocean.

The competition is open to students in different fields from around the world, as well as to entrepreneurs who have set up their businesses in the past 2 years.

Listen to what Marilia Berges, Spanish, says about her journey at IUM as a Master’s student.

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Try to understand who you are and what you love to do.
We will help you discover Luxury’s new generation of opportunities and select the best companies working in the field that you dream of and desire.