Arpit Agarwal started his career in corporate finance with Ballarpur Industries Ltd. Of the Thapar Group in India in 1991 and moved on to a career in financial services in 1993 to be amongst the first few who launched Private Banking and has the longest standing direct experience of over 12 years in Private Banking in India. He has conceptualized, launched and successfully built sizeable Private Banking businesses for DSP Merrill Lynch (1993-1998), BNP Paribas (1999 – 2002) and ICICI Bank Ltd. (2002 – 2006) in India and has hands on experience with high net worth Indian Resident and Non-Resident clients across the world. The Private Banking business of ICICI Bank was ranked as the largest in India in February 2005 by CLSA and also amongst the top 3 in Asia Pacific in September 2005 by Private Banker International. Arpit is now the Chief Executive Officer of "Dawnay Day AV Financial Services Private Limited". Dawnay Day AV is a specialized financial services provider, formed through a joint venture between Dawnay Day International (DDI) and Alok Vajpeyi. The operations of the new venture in India cover Wealth Management, Stock Broking, Retail Distribution, Corporate Finance, Portfolio Management, Real Estate Advisory and Research Services. Arpit Agarwal is a Post Graduate in Finance and a Graduate of Science from the prestigious St. Stephen’s College in Delhi, India and is also a Certified Financial Planner (CFP). A first in India, Arpit has been instrumental in launching Private Banking elective programmes in over 26 MBA schools and also teaches Private Banking. He is also the Chairman of the Examination and Certification Committee of the Financial Planning and Standards Board (India), the body for Certified Financial Planner (CFP) certification in India.

Michael is an expert in the private banking and wealth management sector, in which he has been working as a specialist consultant since 1995, after 22 years practical experience in the sector. He has advised a wide variety of institutions on the development of their private client business, ranging from large retail and investment banks to wealth management boutiques and family offices. He was formerly Head of Marketing and Business Development at Coutts & Co.

Since July 2006 Patrick Wild has been Head Private Banking Far East & Middle East for the VP Bank Group and Member of the Executive Management of VP Bank (Switzerland) Ltd, where he has responsibility for developing and implementing a market entry strategy for VP Bank in Asia and the Middle East. Before joining VP Bank Group, he was Chief Executive Officer at Julius Bär Family Office, where he had responsibility for developing and implementing a comprehensive Wealth Management strategy within Julius Bär Private Banking. In addition to this function, he was nominated in October 2004 as Head Private Banking Growth Markets East at Bank Julius Bär, where he had responsibility to develop and manage Private Banking teams in the Middle East, Israel, the former Soviet Union and Far East. Before joining Julius Bär Group, he was Managing Director at Bank Leumi (Switzerland) where he had a dual role as head Private Banking Switzerland and Global Head International Private Banking. Prior to this, he held positions at UBS as member of the Management Board at UBS Private Banking and Division Head of Financial Planning & Wealth Management Patrick studied at the University of Basle and received his Master of Laws (MLL) in 1987. He is a registered Tax and Estate Practitioner (TEP) and a Certified Financial Planner (CFP). He is also a member of the International Fiscal Association (Swiss Branch), Swiss Fiscal Association, Society of Swiss Legal Practitioners, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and Swiss Financial Planning Organisation (SFPO), where he is a founding member and former Chairman.