Our approach to governance
Our Group is owned by members of the Rothschild family, our senior partners and a group of like-minded investors who are closely aligned to our values and long-term approach. Our governance reflects our collegiate structure.
By working collaboratively across geographies and businesses, by sharing the same culture and by exploring synergies within the Group,the leadership team is able to explore strategic opportunities, respond to clients’ needs and anticipate potential risks in the most effective way.
Executive Governance
The Statutory Manager
Rothschild & Co Gestion is the Statutory Manager (gérant) of Rothschild & Co SCA, the Group operational holding company (the “Company”). Alexandre de Rothschild is the Executive Chairman of the Statutory Manager and, as such is responsible for the overall management of the Company.
This includes, among other things, establishing the strategic direction of the business, supervising the accounting and financial information as well as directing the internal control framework and, determining the regulatory capital for the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
The Management Board
In his role Alexandre de Rothschild relies on the Management Board (Conseil de Gérance) of Rothschild & Co, which he chairs.
The Management Board comprises:
François Pérol
Managing Partner | Co-Chairman of the Group Partners Committee | Wealth and Asset Management
The Group Partners Committee
The Group Partners Committee (GPC) acts as a forum to discuss and advise the Management Board about the performance and the strategy of each business as well as synergies and other areas of shared interests across the businesses.
Co-chaired by Robert Leitão and François Pérol, the Group Partners Committee comprises the following additional members:
Mark Crump
Finance
Javed Khan
Five Arrows
Pierre Baudard
Asset Management
Grégoire Chertok
Global Advisory
Elsa Fraysse
Legal and Compliance
Laurent Gagnebin
Wealth Management
Majid Ishaq
Global Advisory
Mireille Klitting
Five Arrows
Lee Lebrun
Global Advisory
Cyril de Mont-Marin
Global Advisory
James Morrell
Wealth Management
Gary Powell
Wealth and Asset Management
Jess Reoch
Human Resources
Emmanuel Roth
Five Arrows
Grégoire Salignon
Wealth Management
Edouard Veber
Five Arrows
Helen Watson
Wealth Management
The Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board, comprising members appointed by our key shareholders and two employee representatives, oversees the management of the company, including notably the Group’s financial and accounting reporting system and its internal control mechanisms applicable to risk, compliance and internal audit.
Ownership structure
The table below summarises, to the best of Rothschild & Co’s knowledge, its shareholding structure as at 31 December 2022:
* Capital %. All figures are rounded up to the nearest whole number. Aside from Rothschild & Co Concordia SAS, each of the direct shareholders owns individually less than 10% of the Rothschild & Co share capital
