Isidore joined the Operations team of Pictet Asset Management in 2006 as Middle Office Derivatives specialist. Since 2008, he is Head of Core Operations, which includes Transaction Processing, Portfolio Administration, Reconciliation & Collateral Management Units. Prior to working for Pictet AM, Isidore worked for the UBS group for more than ten years, both in Switzerland and in the US. His various roles included US equity and derivatives advisory, equity sales trading and execution, and subsequently US equity research sales for institutional clients in Geneva and Lugano. He also worked at Banque Safdié and at Société Générale, where he handled execution, sales trading and equity advisory for the research and investment functions. His current challenges are mainly around coping with existing and new regulations, managing operational risk primarily through increased automation and controls, manage costs and promote efficiency gains , and develop Fund Manager’s service proposition.