IG Bank Management

Maurice Pedergnana

Independent member of the Board of Directors at IG Bank S.A.
Maurice Pedergnana works as lecturer and professor for Banking + Finance at
the Institute of Financial Services Zug IFZ at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, and mainly as chief economist at Zugerberg Finanz AG. He is
a former member of the BoD of Zurich Cantonal Bank as Chairman of the Audit Committee (1999-2011). Maurice Pedergnana holds a PhD in Economics.

Fouad Bajjali

Chief Executive Officer at IG Bank S.A.
Fouad Bajjali is CEO at IG Bank S.A., heading the Swiss offices in Geneva and Zurich which IG Group launched in October 2014. Additionally, Mr Bajjali has been responsible for the groups institutional arm, IG Prime, since 2017 and the groups Middle East business with offices in Dubai since 2021. He has spent more than 16 years at IG Group in various senior positions globally, including Head of IG Spain and Business Development Manager at IG Singapore. He holds a BA (Hons) in international business studies from the European Business School. Mr Bajjali speaks English, German, Spanish and French and is based in Geneva.

Myriam Bensaid

Head of Legal & Compliance, General Secretary at IG Bank S.A.
Myriam Bensaid is an expert in banking law and compliance. She has held various responsibilities since 2007 in the legal and compliance department of several renowned banking institutions. In 2017, she joined IG Bank S.A. as Head of Legal and Compliance, member of the Management Board and Secretary General to the Board of Directors.

She holds a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Compliance Management and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Digital Finance Law from the University of Geneva and a master degree in Banking Law and Wealth Management from the University d'Aix Marseille III.

Milan Balugdzic

Chief Financial Officer / Chief Risk Officer at IG Bank S.A.
Milan Balugdzic has extensive professional experience in banking and finance area. The first 10 years of his career was spent as an external auditor in the international auditing firms, such as KPMG. Afterwards, he specialized in the financial and risk areas working for Swiss banks active in Private Wealth Management.

Milan graduated from the University of Geneva in 2000 and obtained his Swiss chartered accountant diploma in 2005. He joined IG Bank S.A. as Chief Financial and Chief Risk Officer in 2018.

Dorothée Borca Dumortier

Chief Commercial Officer at IG Bank S.A.
Dorothée Borca Dumortier is a seasoned finance executive with 15+ years’ experience in the industry. At IG Bank, Dorothée is in charge of the commercial strategy and development of the organization. She also oversees all the marketing activities and takes an active part in D&I initiatives at a Group level. Prior to joining IG in 2020, she has held various senior front-office positions predominantly within HSBC Private Bank with a focus on UHNWI and Institutional clients from Switzerland, Europe, the UK and the Middle East.

She holds a Master in Business Administration. She has studied Leadership at both Harvard Business School and HEC Paris as well as Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Stanford University.