EFG Private Bank's CEO, Lawrence Howell talks to FinanceAsia.
Can you explain a bit of the history of EFG
EFG, as an entity, came into being in the late Summer of 1997 when a number of previously non-consolidated entities owned by the Latsis family came under a central bank holding company. Prior to 1997, there had been a bank in London called Private Bank Trust, a bank in Greece called Euromerchant Bank, a bank in Luxembourg called the Banque de Depts Luxembourg, a finance company in Monaco called EurofinanciFre, and a bank in Switzerland called Banque de Depts. These entities were to various extents owned by the Latsis...