Swiss national, raised in Paris, Milan and Brussels.

Etienne Gounod is a founder and Non-Executive Director at TriLake Partners. He is also a Partner at The Forum Finance Group since 2000.

Prior to joining Forum Finance, Etienne was a director in private banking at Pictet & Cie Geneva from 1988-2000. He was previously responsible for the money market activities of UBS Securities in London in 1985. His career began in 1980 at Merrill Lynch Capital Markets in New York & London. Etienne was a Board Member of Swissquote Bank in Gland from 2000-2004.

Etienne holds a master’s degree in Engineering and Finance from Solvay Business School in Brussels.