Mr. Sandwick did his undergraduate studies in International Finance & Commerce at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He received his Master’s degree with honors in Development Banking at The American University, also in Washington.

From 1984 to 1989 Mr. Sandwick was a director at the Middle East Policy Council, where he led numerous programs on economic, commercial and investment policy management issues. During 1989-93 he worked at REM Capital Corporation in Washington, followed by joining Deutsche Bank (Suisse) S.A. in 1993, and later Banque Leu S.A. (a unit of Credit Suisse Private Banking), both in Geneva.

As an investment banker, Mr. Sandwick specialized in structured finance. He participated in or led numerous asset-backed securitizations and private placements with a total value in excess of $400 million (aircraft, real estate, natural gas, hydroelectric, steel). Mr. Sandwick remains active in corporate finance and investment banking, particularly with emerging market financial institutions and companies counted among Encore’s private clients.

As a private banker, Mr. Sandwick assists with the wealth management of several high-net- worth families, particularly in Saudi Arabia, and has responsibility to manage portfolios and non-financial assets. He founded Encore Management S.A. in 1998 to deliver highly personal wealth management services to a small number of high-net-worth families.

In 1987 Mr. Sandwick’s The Gulf Cooperation Council was published (Westwood Press), the first- ever English-language book on the economic integration of the Arabian Gulf states. The book was later used as a graduate textbook for emerging-market courses at several prominent U.S. universities.

In addition, Mr. Sandwick has frequently been published in many Arab-world newspapers and magazines on investment and finance subjects—including in Asharq Al-Awsat and Al Iktissad Wal Aamal. For three years through 1997 he wrote the semi-annual reports on Saudi banking, finance & capital markets for The Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister publication to The Economist.

Mr. Sandwick speaks over a dozen times annually in Europe, Asia and the Middle East at conferences on family business, risk management, real estate and Islamic asset management. He also appears frequently as guest commentator for Bloomberg’s TV, CNBC, CNBC Arabia and MBC, and periodically as guest lecturer for private corporate and graduate school groups.

Mr. Sandwick was born in 1957, and lives with his wife and daughter in Geneva, Switzerland.

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