Former Top Credit Suisse Man Takes On Chairmanship Of Australian Family Office

Tom Burroughes

16 February 2016

One of the former top figures at , the Australia-headquartered wealth and family office, is now its chairman.

The MFC website states that Kreis, who has been with the family office since early 2015, is now chairman; non-executive directors are listed as Ann Sherry and family members Martyn Myer and Sidney Myer. Peter Hodgson is group chief executive. Sherry was the previous chair of MFC.

At Credit Suisse, Kreis was chairman and managing director for the Zurich-listed lender from January 2012 to June 2013; from February 2007 to December 2011, he was MD and head of private banking for the Asia-Pacific region. He was MD for private banking, Southeast Asia regional market manager, SE Asia and Japan, at UBS for more than 16 years from 1990 (source: LinkedIn, WealthBriefing news archives.)

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