Bellevue Group AG : André Rüegg to become CEO of Bellevue Group

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The Board of Directors of Bellevue Group has appointed André Rüegg, who has managed the Group on an interim basis since April 2015, as the Group's new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective January 1, 2016. He will continue to serve as head of Bellevue Asset Management, which he has successfully developed as CEO since 2012. 

"André Rüegg is ideally positioned for the role as CEO of Bellevue Group. With André at the helm, we will efficiently move forward with our planned growth and diversification strategy. Having spent more than six years at Bellevue Asset Management, he knows the strengths of our business model very well. Given his profound knowledge of the investment industry and proven management skills, André Rüegg will lead the Group and its individual business units with foresight and discipline. His dual role as Group CEO and CEO Asset Management allows greater use of synergies," comments Dr. Thomas von Planta, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bellevue Group. 

André Rüegg studied economics at the University of Zurich and Columbia, New York, USA. He has extensive experience in international asset management. After working in the consulting industry, André Rüegg held various management positions at renowned asset management firms. He joined Bellevue Asset Management as Deputy CEO and Head Sales & Marketing in 2009 and has been its CEO since 2012.

Contact:

Media Relations: 
Jürg Stähelin, IRF Communications, Telephone +41 43 244 81 51, juerg.staehelin@irfcom.ch

Investor Relations:
Daniel Koller, CFO, Telephone +41 44 267 67 00, Fax +41 44 267 67 01, ir@bellevue.ch

Bellevue Group

Bellevue Group is an independent Swiss financial boutique listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Established in 1993, the company and its approximately 80 employees are specialists in the fields of Brokerage, Corporate Finance and Asset Management. Bellevue Group includes the two subsidiaries Bank am Bellevue and Bellevue Asset Management. The bank boasts superb knowledge of the Swiss stock and bond market and offers independent research opinions and recommendations as well as viable solutions for capital market transactions. Bellevue Asset Management is focused on selected active equity investment strategies in growing markets, in healthcare industries as well as in other special themes such as entrepreneur-led companies and multi-asset-strategies.

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