Navigating GDPR whilst deepening client relationships

Ariel is a self-employed Partner at Swiss law firm LINDEMANNLAW looking after the legal requirements of international and Swiss UHNWI entrepreneurs, their companies and families. His clients are from the US and UK, Switzerland, Monaco, Poland and Czech Republic. His expertise inter alia comprises M&A, corporate structuring, regulatory advice, relocation, real estate, succession planning, charity etc. He is on the board of successful Swiss, EU and UK companies.

His industry exposure is in energy, solar, water, fertilizer, wealth and asset management, banking, trust, finance instruments including NFT. Beside a doctorate of business administration, Ariel holds an MBA from Rochester NY and an LL.M. of the University of Zurich. He is a STEP, IFA and IISS member.

Jürgen Pulm is the CDIO for the Wealth business. In this role, he is responsible to ensure we have the technology and infrastructure in place to support our client propositions. He is also the CEO of NatWest Services (Switzerland) Ltd. Jürgen has been Head of Private Banking Services since the end of 2014 overseeing IT, banking operations and change management for the NatWest Group Wealth business. Previous positions include being the Chief Technology Officer of the Wealth Management Division and Head of Technology Trends and Mobile at NatWest Group. Prior to that, Jürgen served as Chief Operating Officer of the Wealth Management Division of NatWest Group as well as deputy head of the management team at its Swiss branch. Before joining the bank in 2006, he served as CIO at Julius Bär Group.

Micha has over 16 years of experience, including two in New York, in auditing large financial institutions and trading financial instruments and commodities. In addition to working as an auditor, Micha has spent many years advising small and medium-sized financial institutions on the operational implementation of regulatory requirements. Micha joined Deloitte from another Big Four company in 2015 and is responsible for establishing the "Deloitte Managed Services" platform.

Robert Roome has over 13 years’ experience in helping organisations implement and embed customer relationship management solutions. This has included roles at consultancies such as Capgemini, and large financial services organisations such as Barclays Wealth, RBS and Capital International. With his current role of Product Owner for WDX, Robert is responsible for overseeing the digital engagement & client management product, working with potential Fintech partners, and overseeing some of the largest deployments of the WDX Software.

Wendy has been a wealth management journalist, researcher and consultant for a decade, covering a huge range of international markets and sub-sectors over that time. Known as a technology and communications specialist, she has written an array of in-depth reports on issues affecting private banks and wealth managers, ranging from compliance and innovation trends through to client experience, branding and marketing strategies. As well as speaking at conferences in both the UK and abroad, Wendy also regularly consults for wealth and asset managers, including carrying out research projects among end H/UHNW clients for both internal and external purposes.