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Banca del Gottardo: Claudio Generali to step down as Chairman of the Board of Directors in April 2005

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Lugano (ots)

Indication: Further information (Curriculum Vitae) can be downloaded:
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After 15 years spent at the helm of Banca del
Gottardo as Chairman of the Board, Claudio Generali will not stand
for reelection for another term. At the next general meeting of
shareholders on 29 April 2005, Felix R. Ehrat will be recommended for
election as a new Board member. The Board of Directors plans to elect
Mr. Ehrat as its Chairman and successor to Claudio Generali.
Felix R. Ehrat, 47, is a lawyer and senior partner at the law
offices of Bär & Karrer in Zurich. He serves on the Board of several
major corporations and his professional experience has provided him
with extensive knowledge of the banking business. He has acted as
advisor to Banca del Gottardo in various projects in recent years.
Mr. Ehrat also has close ties to Ticino. In 1992 he opened a Bär &
Karrer office in Lugano which he subsequently managed for eight
years. While serving as Chairman of the Board of Banca del Gottardo
Mr. Ehrat will retain his position as lawyer and senior partner at
Bär & Karrer, where he specialises in corporate law.
Claudio Generali has left his mark on Banca del Gottardo over the
past 15 years. During his term as chairman the bank expanded rapidly
both in Switzerland and abroad. One key success was the
implementation of an onshore strategy in the bank's core markets of
Switzerland, Italy and France. Another defining moment during his
term was the successful transfer of the bank's ownership from
Japan-based Sumitomo Bank to the Swiss Life Group. The acquisition by
the leading Swiss life insurer meant that Banca del Gottardo became a
Swiss bank, having previously been a listed company
majority-controlled by various foreign entities.
After Swiss Life's decision in March 2004 to retain ownership of
Banca del Gottardo as a key component of the Group, a new phase
marked by stability within a challenging environment opened up for
the bank.
The Board of Directors would like to take this opportunity to
thank Claudio Generali for his valuable service and great commitment
in the last 15 years. As a former member of the Ticino cantonal
government and as a respected business and opinion leader, his
reputation went well beyond the borders of Ticino. He was thus able
to draw on the broad resources and connections within top
professional organisations (the Swiss Bankers Association, on whose
Board he served for ten years, the Association of Foreign Banks in
Switzerland, as well as the Association of Swiss Commercial and
Investment Banks, both of which he has presided).
Banca del Gottardo, with headquarters in Lugano, has a
well-established network of national and international offices.
With subsidiaries, branches and representative offices in Zurich,
Geneva, Lausanne, Bellinzona, Chiasso, Locarno, Athens, Bergamo,
Milan, Rome, Treviso, Turin, Athens, Luxembourg, Monaco, Paris, Hong
Kong and Nassau (Bahamas), Banca del Gottardo is positioned to offer
top-of-the-line global financial services, delivered by a team of
highly qualified specialists, to its local and international
clientele.

Contact:

Banca del Gottardo
Franco Rogantini
Media Office
Viale S. Franscini 8
6901 Lugano
Phone: +41/91/808'33'60
Fax: +41/91/923'94'33
E-Mail: franco.rogantini@gottardo.com
Internet: http://www.gottardo.com

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