Mr. Roland Kaufmann is a Swiss National whose business career started in 1972 at Merrill Lynch, Geneva in the financial research department specializing in in-depth analysis of European corporations with Eurobond exposure and he published the Merrill Lynch Eurobond newsletter.
He then moved to Zurich as Portfolio Manager for Bank of America later moving to Citicorp in charge of International Marketing specializing in the Middle East and developing marketing strategy for the region.
In 1980 he started his own investment management company with offices in Zurich , London and San Francisco. Funds under management exceeded US$ 100 million. In addition setting up a trade finance house raising over US$ 250 million finance for Swiss and International corporations.
Mr. Kaufmann is resident in Dubai and was President of a group of companies Chaired by HH Sheikh Manea bin Hasher Al Maktoum from 2007 -2010.
Currently Mr. Kaufmann is Senior Consulting Advisor to a number of Swiss and Dubai companies, in addition to advising a Charitable Non Profit International Recognized Foundation.
Mr. Kaufmann is a member of the Swiss Association of Financial Advisors and has a Business Administration degree from Switzerland.