Henley & Partners, a leader in residence and citizenship planning, enlarges its executive committee. The new CEO has over 25 years’ experience in the financial services and investment migration industry.

Henley & Partners has announced several promotions and appointments at the most senior level, including the promotion of the current Group Chief Operating Officer (COO), Juerg Steffen (pictured above), to Group CEO and a significant expansion of its Executive Committee, effective 1 January 2019.

In light of further developments and the ever-increasing demand for its services, Henley & Partners has decided to expand its Executive Committee. Following a corporate re-organization two years ago, the firm’s Chairman, Christian Kaelin, took on the additional role of interim CEO. Now, he will re-focus on his position as Group Chairman.

Managing Singapore

The elected CEO, Juerg Steffen, is a Swiss lawyer and private banking executive who has served for the past few years as the firm’s COO. Prior to that, he established and managed the firm’s Singapore office.

Following an extensive global search for the best candidate – during which a considerable number of strong internal and external candidates were carefully evaluated – he was unanimously selected as the most outstanding professional for the role.

More Offices Planned

«Henley & Partners has built a unique platform that will help us to further demonstrate the necessary corporate rigor and excellence, both to ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UNHWIs) and to any sovereign state considering adding an investment migration option to its foreign direct investment strategy. No one out there has our combination of experience, positive track record, capability, and scale,» Steffen said.

«We will open further offices and expand existing operations globally,» he added.

Further Senior Appointments

  • Peter Vincent, previously the General Counsel of Thomson Reuters Special Services and Assistant Director for International Policy of BORDERPOL, has joined Henley & Partners’ Executive Committee. He will be responsible for Government Services and Business Intelligence, and for enhancing the firm’s relationships with international organizations.
  • Marco Gantenbein, previously the Managing Partner of Henley & Partners’ Dubai office for over seven years and member of the Executive Committee for almost three years, has been promoted to assume the role of COO. Gantenbein has over 20 years’ experience in the financial services and investment migration industry.
  • Andreas Keller has been appointed as the Managing Partner for Henley & Partners in the Middle East. He was previously managing director for the global communications consultancy Weber Shandwick in Dubai, where he oversaw the agency’s international, regional, and local client portfolio.
  • Christina Federle, Group Head of Legal and Compliance, has been appointed to the firm’s Executive Committee. Based in Dubai, Dr. Federle is a German attorney-at-law with over 10 years of professional experience. Prior to joining Henley & Partners, she worked for many years in major commercial law firms and is a highly regarded regulatory law expert and author of numerous publications.
  • Stefan Kraus, who previously served as the firm’s Chief of Staff, has also been called to the Executive Committee. Kraus is an experienced business management consultant and private equity professional. Prior to joining Henley & Partners, he worked for a private investment group and at McKinsey, where he advised clients in strategic, operational, and organizational projects.

The Executive Committee – the firm’s top executive body – will now be made up of a total of eight senior professionals, led by the industry’s pioneer, Christian Kälin.

The further members of Henley & Partners’ Executive Committee will remain, with Hugh Morshead, a senior professional responsible for the group’s Corporate Governance, and Dan Wilson, a senior finance professional with years of experience in leading high-performing finance teams across the globe, as Chief Financial Officer.