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Gilles Rollet
Gilles Rollet is a banker with several successful investments in the financial services industry. He started his career at Goldman, Sachs & Co. in New York. Subsequently, he held a number of senior management and country management positions at ABN AMRO, throughout Asia, South Africa, San Francisco, Geneva and Dubai. He later set up and ran Mirabaud & Cie. in Dubai. In 2014, Gilles became an entrepreneur and launched an asset management firm in Dubai, which he successfully sold in 2017. In 2016, he founded a private bank in the US. Today, Mr. Rollet is a passive investor in firms active in asset management, banking, robotics, data banks and public health.

Mr. Rollet holds a BA (Hons.) from Middlebury College and an MBA from INSEAD. He is a member of YPO (Young Presidents' Organization) and the current Chapter Chair of YPO Gold Mauritius.

Investment: Environment, Social & Governance

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company's operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. As an investor with over 30 years of experience, I believe that ESG is vital for investments and the planet. With increasing global temperatures, destruction of habitats and massive inequality from the pure pursuit of profit, the world teeters on a brink that we may never recover from unless we make meaningful change. As an investor and fund manager, I am not alone in the view that we need to adopt ESG for fund investment. Investment into ESG has grown rapidly over the past decade, and the amount of professionally managed portfolios that have integrated key elements of ESG assessments now exceeds USD 17.5 trillion globally, by some measures. In the next generational market, the millennials are about to inherit US$30 trillion of assets from their parents. According to a report from Morgan Stanley, a survey of individual investors showed that eighty-five per cent of the general population and 95% of Millennials now express interest in sustainable investing.



Environment: Coral Reef Preservation

As an avid scuba diver, I have seen on my dives first-hand the destruction of coral reefs around the world, and am committed to the support of organizations and awareness of the impact of the destruction of these precious habitats. Coral reefs are some of the most diverse and valuable ecosystems on Earth. Coral reefs support more species per unit area than any other marine environment. Over half a billion people depend on reefs for food, income, and protection. As an investor, conscious of the impact we have on the world, and an environmentalist, the protection of Coral Reefs has become one of my foremost concerns and active pursuits.





Latest Blog


March 03, 2022

The Importance of Transparent
ESG Across Business Operations

Where there was once an imperative need for businesses to address corporate social responsibility, the focus has now shifted to ESG — environmental, social and governance. While they may intersect in many ways, one does not replace the other.

Latest Press


March 05, 2022

Investment Banker Turns
His Attention to ESG and Marine Conservation

Investment banker with over 30 years experience in the financial services and asset management industry, has turned his attention from wealth creation to marine conservation.


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