Swiss national, raised in Paris, Milan and Brussels.

Etienne Gounod is a founder and Non-Executive Director at TriLake Partners. He is also Chairman at The Forum Finance Group since 2022.

Etienne was the former CEO of Forum Finance Group in Geneva. Prior to joining Forum Finance, Etienne was a director in private banking at Pictet & Cie Geneva, he worked for the bank 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.