Geneva, 22 July 2016 – Blaise Goetschin, CEO of the BCGE, has been announced as an award-winner by the Obermatt Institute in its selection of the best CEOs of the year for the fourth time in succession. He has become number 1 in the 2016 “Financial Institutions: Switzerland - Multi-Year Ranking” listing and is ranked number 3 in the “Top Ten Bankers” in Switzerland. This ranking is compiled on the basis of the key indicators of the BCGE’s financial performances compared with those of similar institutions. This distinction, based on independently processed factual data, reflects the quality of the BCGE’s strategic orientations over the long term. It also illustrates the real weight of bank players from the French-speaking region of Switzerland in the country’s financial centre. 

The Obermatt “CEO of the Year” ranking measures the outperformance (aggregated over several years, 2012-2016) of CEOs of institutions competing in a specific business field. The winners in the ranking are those whose cumulative performance is sustainable over the long term, meaning an assessed award-winner over several years.

These awards can be considered significant, as the Obermatt rankings are independently compiled. They are based exclusively on public factual data and transparent financial calculations which have been developed by an institute of international renown.


The CEO of the BCGE: 1st and 3rd places

Ø   “CEO of the Year - Financial Institutions: Switzerland - Multi-Year Ranking”: 1st place

Blaise Goetschin achieves the highest combined score in the Swiss banking and financial sector over a five-year period for the aggregate multi-year performances, ahead of all other competitors.

- “Obermatt Gold Combined Performance”(78 points)
- “Obermatt Gold Investment Performance” (71 points)
- “Obermatt Gold Operating Performance”(83 points)
- “Obermatt Silver Growth Performance” (79 points)

Ø  “CEO of the Year - Financial Institutions: Switzerland”: 3rd place

- “Obermatt Gold Podium” (83 points)

Obermatt ranking: indexing methodology which is factual and transparent

Obermatt’s indexing methodology covers three key financial indicators to assess the performance of a business. They are:

- revenues, sales and development to measure growth
- the earnings trend to measure operating performance
- total shareholder return to measure strategic performance and investment
These indexing performances have the advantage of neutralising external factors and distorting effects which can be induced by economic cycles, market movements and investor perception especially.
In addition, this transparent approach provides a real insight into the performances of businesses by standardising financial figures for boards of directors, shareholders and the general public.
In this way, the strategy can be accurately calculated and the systems remain reliable even when economic cycles are turbulent.


Obermatt: an independent international financial research institute

Obermatt, whose main office is in Zurich, is an independent international financial research institute specialising in performance indexing calculation.
The annual Obermatt rankings help investors, boards of directors, as well as company executives, to identify genuine business performance. Performance is assessed by reference to the figures of a group of comparable businesses.

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