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Gérard Cohen (born February 19, 1953) is a
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Gérard Cohen (born February 19, 1953) is a Swiss
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private banker and patron of the arts. Between 1991 and 2016 he was managing director of HSBC Private Bank
HSBC Global Private Banking is part of the Wealth and Personal Banking division within the HSBC Group (as of 2020, HSBC was the world's sixth largest bank by total assets and market capitalization) They provide award winning private banking ser ...
in Monaco.
Career
In 1978 Cohen started his career atRepublic National Bank of New York
Republic New York Corporation was the holding company for
Republic National Bank of New York,
Safra Republic Holdings,
and Safra Republic Bank.
The company was controlled by billionaire Edmond Safra, who was killed in a fire in his Monte Carlo ...
under Edmond Safra. In 1985 he became head of private banking for Banque Safra-Luxembourg and in 1991 head of Republic National Bank of New York. When the bank was acquired by HSBC
HSBC Holdings plc is a British multinational universal bank and financial services holding company. It is the largest bank in Europe by total assets ahead of BNP Paribas, with US$2.953 trillion as of December 2021. In 2021, HSBC had $10.8 tri ...
in 1999 and renamed to HSBC Private Bank Monaco he became its managing director. In 2016 he resigned.
Arts
From 2002 to 2014 he was a member of the international director council of the Guggenheim Museum, New York City, and from 2003 to 2014 of the Tate Modern, London. He currently is the director of the Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin, the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, as well as director of Princess Grace Foundation, New York.International School of Monaco
In 1994 Cohen founded theInternational School of Monaco
The International School of Monaco (ISM) is an independent, co-educational, not-for-profit day school located on Port Hercule in Monaco. Founded in 1994 and composed of the Early Years School, Primary School, and Secondary School, ISM has over 700 ...
, and from 1994-2018 he served as chairman of the board of trustees.
Awards
In 2008 he has received the Order of Saint-Charles fromAlbert II, Prince of Monaco
Albert II – Website of the Palace of Monaco (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi; born 14 March 1958) is Prince of Monaco, since 2005.
Albert was born at the Prince's Palace of Monaco, and he is the second child and only son of Prince Rai ...
and in 2012 the Order of Cultural Merit (Monaco).
External links
Website of Gérard Cohen
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