Umberto Boccato has been named as CEO of Mirabaud Asset Management as part of a raft of changes to the wider group’s leadership team.
Current asset management CEO Lionel Aeschlimann will step down from his role to succeed Yves Mirabaud as senior managing partner.
Meanwhile, Boccato has also been named an equity partner alongside Louis Fauchier-Magnan, François Leyss and Julien Meylan. The changes will take effect at the beginning of 2025.
Aeschlimann joined Mirabaud in 2010 and was named managing partner in 2011. He has led the firm’s asset management arm since launch in 2012. As part of the changes, he will chair various boards within Mirabaud’s asset management business.
Incoming CEO Boccato has spent 19 years at Mirabaud, after previously working as a hedge fund portfolio manager. He has been deputy managing director of Mirabaud Asset Management since 2020.
