Jean Pierre Cuoni has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of EFG International since 1997 and has been a member of the Advisory Board of EFG Bank European Financial Group since 1995. Prior to these positions, Mr. Cuoni was Chief Executive of Coutts and Co Private and Commercial Banking (1990-94) and Chief Executive of Handelsbank NatWest, the Swiss subsidiary of NatWest (1988-90). Beforehand, Mr. Cuoni spent 28 years with Citibank in New York, Paris, Geneva, Lausanne and Zurich, and was the Regional Head of Private Banking for Europe and  the Middle East/Africa and Senior Officer (Country Corporate Officer) for Citicorp and Citibank in Switzerland. Mr. Cuoni was Senior Vice President of Citibank, National Association from 1981 to 1988 and Chairman of Citibank (Switzerland) S.A. from 1982 to 1988. Mr. Cuoni received his Federal Commercial Banking Diploma in 1957 and attended the Executive Development Programme at the International Institute for Management Development in Lausanne in 1974.

Mr. Cuoni was part of the Swiss Bankers Association as a Member of the Executive Board (1985-93) and a Member of the Board (1982-86). He was Chairman of the Association of Foreign Banks in Switzerland (1986-93) and Member of the Board of the Association of Swiss Exchanges (1988-92), as well as Member of the Board of the Zurich Chamber of Commerce (1988-96). From 1998 until 2004 he was Vice President of the British-Swiss Chamber of Commerce. Since 1985, Mr. Cuoni has been Member of the Investment Advisory Board of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva.