Genii Capital today announced the appointment of Christian Frampton to the role of Partner. He will work alongside Genii Capital’s Founding Partners, Gerard Lopez and Eric Lux, as the firm continues to grow and develop its global business activities.

Alongside managing Genii Capital’s office in Geneva, Christian Frampton is responsible for business development with a particular focus on Genii Capital’s finance and fund raising activities. Christian Frampton also manages the Genii Business Exchange platform, which is the organisation that Genii Capital has created to spearhead its marketing and commercial activities.

Christian Frampton joined Genii Capital in September of 2011. Prior to this, Christian co-founded Helvetica Wealth Management Partners AG, a company that was dedicated to creating and implementing integrated financial solutions for institutions and wealthy individuals. Before this, Christian worked at Banque Piguet, where he was a shareholder and part of the management team. Christian has also worked for Price Waterhouse the worldwide audit practice, Clariden Bank (member of the Credit Suisse Group) and Banque Scandinave (today engulfed within the European Banking Group)

Eric Lux and Gerard Lopez, of Genii Capital, said: “We are delighted to announce the appointment of Christian Frampton as Partner at Genii Capital. Over the past year, Christian has played a key role in the development and growth of Genii Capital. He has been particularly influential in the success of Genii Business Exchange which is widely recognized as providing one of the most dynamic business environments around. As Genii Capital continues to expand and consolidate its business activities, the involvement of Christian, as a Partner, will provide a major boost for the firm. This remains a very exciting time for Genii Capital and we expect to have a number of announcements to make in coming months”