Martin Bowen – Director Fides Trustees
Martin can count over 43 years’ experience in the trust and fiduciary industry working in a number of jurisdictions. Although he has spent the last 28 years in Switzerland his career started in 1974 with National Westminster Bank in Southampton as a trainee trust administrator. In 1982 he relocated to the Jersey company of NatWest where he gained a range of experiences and rose through the ranks, working in securities settlements, fund administration and trust administration.
When the Nat West Offshore Group rebranded under the Coutts brand in 1989, Martin was one of the pioneering people in being relocated to Switzerland where he has remained ever since working initially in Lausanne and then in Geneva.
In 1997 Martin left Coutts to join an independent trust company where, after a few years, he became a director and minority shareholder. During that time Martin also gained experience on a short assignment to Bahamas.
Martin again joined a bank owned trust companyin 2003 and helped to set up the Geneva trust company of the Rothschild Group where he worked until 2007.
The Horizon Group based in Jersey invited Martin to help set up their Geneva associated company in 2007. Later Martin undertook a Management Buyout of the Geneva company and established Ariannol Trustees (Suisse) SA as the new flagship company.
Ariannol joined with the Fides Group in 2017 and Martin accepted a position as director of Fides Trustees SA as well as retaining his executive position within Ariannol.
He holds the Trustee Diploma of the Institute of Financial Services and is a member of STEP and the Institute of Directors.
Martin is married for over 30 years to his Zurich born wife and he holds dual Swiss and British nationalities. They have 3 grown up children all resident in Switzerland. In his free time Martin enjoys travel and reading as well as outdoor pursuits, in particular cycling, walking, swimming and winter sports.
