De Pury Pictet Turrettini & Co. Ltd. - Managing Partner
http://www.ppt.ch

Switzerland (Geneva)

Since April 2001, Melchior de Muralt is a Managing Partner of de Pury Pictet Turrettini & Co. Ltd (www.ppt.ch), an independent asset management firm based in Geneva. He is a member of the Investor Committee at Zurmont Madison Management AG
(www.zurmontmadison.ch), a Zurich private equity firm.
He is Vice-President and member of the Board of Directors of Blue Orchard Finance S.A. (www.blueorchard.com), a company specialized in investments in the microfinance industry. He is
president of Cadmos Fund Management and the Guilé European Engagement Fund, a pioneer in the field of SRI equity investments and Treasurer of the Guilé Foundation (www.guile.org). He is also a director of the OASIS fund, an investment vehicle dedicated to investing in social enterprises.
(www.bamboofinance.com) He is the President of the World Microfinance Forum Geneva (www.microfinanceforum.org)
Prior to joining de Pury Pictet Turrettini & Co. Ltd, Mr. de Muralt was a Portfolio Manager within the
Institutional Department of Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie. In this capacity, he was one of the promoters of the Ethos Foundation (www.ethosfund.ch). He was also head of the Family Business department.
Melchior de Muralt holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D in Political Sciences at the University of Lausanne. He is also a founding member of the World Microfinance Forum, Geneva.