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Cornelius Bechtel at a glance

Executive Director, United Trust Luxembourg

Experience
Corporate Services
Trust & Private Wealth Services
Fund Services

Education
Degree from the European Business School, Schloss Reichartshausen, Germany with majors in Finance & Investments and Ecological Management

Professional Qualifications
'Bankkaufmann (IHK)', 'Conseil Economique' and 'Expert Comptable'

Memberships
International Bar Association, Member of the “Commission des Etrangers” of Weiler-la-Tour, Fédération des Jeunes Dirigeants

Specialisation
Corporate and Private Wealth Structuring, International Tax, Fund Services

Read an interview with Cornelius Bechtel

Q: “You have quite a broad educational background. Tell us about that.”
A: “Yes, I was educated in Germany, Mexico, Singapore, France, and the US.

 

“I spent a year with a family in the US and graduated from high school there. Then I graduated from a German high school. [Later, I] did an apprenticeship with a bank.”

 

Q: “Where did that lead?”
A:  “To [the former] Coopers & Lybrand and, later, Fortis Intertrust.”

 

Q: “How has your foreign experience helped you?”
A: “My language skills allow me to…translate the technical into the global environment, human language.”

 

Q: “And why is communication relevant to people who buy financial services?”
A: “We have clients who are aware that they have to deal with tax advisors, etcetera. [They need to be] able to communicate that knowledge to their clients.”