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Your Advocates
Highmount is committed to acting in your best interest.
Highmount was founded on the premise that a firm with accessible senior professionals can provide the best service to wealth management clients. We are a flexible and focused boutique that acts independently and only in the best interest of its clients.
Highmount Suisse Team
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 Steven Hoch co-founded Highmount Capital in 2002, and with Maarten van Hengel shares the general management of the firm. In addition, he has senior responsibility for a number of American and European client relationships. Prior to forming Highmount Capital, Steven was a Principal, member of the Executive Committee, and Head of Client Service for Pell Rudman Trust Company in Boston, where he helped pioneer the concept of a multi-family office and governance advice to substantial families. Steven is considered an expert on the strategic issues facing trans-Atlantic families. Prior to his association with Pell Rudman, Steven was a Senior Vice President at Bessemer Trust Company where he was responsible for European and US private clients and served as a member of both the Management and Strategic Task Force Committees. Steven began his career with Chemical Bank in NY and Zurich, working in commercial banking for ten years before transferring to private banking. He is a Director of Nestle S.A., a Trustee of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and a member of the Smithsonian National Board. Steven is a cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. |
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 Maarten van Hengel co-founded and serves as general manager of Highmount Capital. In addition, he has responsibility for a number of the firm's major client relationships. Prior to forming Highmount Capital, Maarten was a Managing Director at Trainer Wortham & Company, where he established the Family Wealth Management Team, and also developed alternative investment strategies for individuals and families. Prior to joining Trainer Wortham, Maarten was a Principal, Senior Investment Strategist and Portfolio Manager at Bankers Trust Private Bank where he was a senior member of both the Domestic and Global Investment Strategy Committees. At Bankers Trust, he shared responsibility for directing asset allocation decisions on more than $15 billion of assets under management. Previously, Maarten was a senior relationship and product manager for Swiss Bank Investment & Private Bank. Additionally, he founded and was a partner of Clifford/Russell, an affiliate of the Frank Russell Company. Maarten was a partner and Senior Vice President of Carret and Company, while there he founded and was President of Carret Securities. He has been involved with various non-profits and is currently a Director of the Netherland America Foundation and on the board of Metalized Carbon Corporation. Maarten is a graduate of Wagner College. |
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 George Schlagmüller manages Highmount’s office in Zurich and joined the firm in 2010. Mr. Schlagmüller came to Highmount from Julius Bär Private Bank where he managed a prominent team and worked with private clients since 2000. Prior to Julius Bär, he was a portfolio manager and relationship manager at UBS. He started his career in 1987 at Julius Bär, working in the securities trading department until he became a trader for European Equities and later worked as a sales-trader at Goldman Sachs. Mr. Schlagmüller is a holder of the federal diploma financial analyst and portfolio manager, CIIA. He received an MBA degree from the University of Geneva in 2004 and an executive MBA of Carnegie Mellon University in 2007. |
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 Thomas von Rohr manages Highmount’s office in Zurich and joined the firm in 2010. Mr. von Rohr came to Highmount from Julius Bär Private Bank where he was a relationship manager since 2005. He previously worked at Julius Bär as an equity analyst in Zurich and New York, and started in 1999 as an assistant to the head of Private Banking in Europe. He started his career in 1989 with an apprenticeship in at the regional bank Sparkasse Gaeu and subsequently worked as a securities trader at Banca Commerciale Italiana. Mr. von Rohr studied Economics and Business Administration with specialization in accounting/controlling at the University of applied Sciences in Olten. He completed the executive program of the Swiss Banking School, is a Certified International Investment Analyst (CIIA) and a holder of the federal diploma financial analyst and portfolio manager. |
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Claudia Buchmann - Associate Director, Zurich |
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Claudia Buchmann joined Highmount in 2010. She came to Highmount from Julius Bär Private Bank where she worked on a relationship management team. She successfully completed an apprenticeship at Bank Julius Bär with a professional baccalaureate degree from KV Zurich Business School in 2007, and worked for Julius Bär in both London and Zurich. Ms. Buchmann is currently pursuing continuing education in Business Administration with specialization in Banking and Finance at Zurich University of Applied Sciences.
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Learn more about Highmount Global Team
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