Marjorie Brabet-Friel (Member of the Bank’s Board of Directors). (Photo: DR)

East-West United Bank (EWUB) announces the appointment of Marjorie Brabet-Friel as a member of the Bank’s Board of Directors. The Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) approved the appointment of Ms Brabet-Friel on 15 November 2021.

Since 2009, Ms Brabet-Friel has been working within the PJSFC Sistema organisation – including in her current role of CEO of the SCP (Sistema Capital Partners Group) – overseeing the investments of institutional Russian and Western companies in Russia and abroad. She also manages Arista SICAV-SIF, a Luxembourg-regulated real estate fund investing in Moscow commercial real estate.

Ms Brabet-Friel was previously responsible for the USD 1.5 billion portfolio of Sistema’s listed property company, Sistema-Hals, overseeing investments, asset sales, development and strategic asset management issues. Previously, Ms Brabet-Friel practised M&A law, working for US law firm, Skadden, in New York and Paris. She is a graduate of Harvard Law School and also holds a master’s degree from the Pantheon-Sorbonne (Paris). Ms Brabet-Friel is admitted to practise law in New York and Paris.