1964-1969 Primary School, Unterkulm
1970-1973 Bezirksschule, Unterkulm
1974-1976 Eidgenössisches Handelsdiplom, Aargauische Kantonsschule, Aarau
1976-1978 Praktikum, Schweizerische Kreditanstalt, Baden
1978-1980 Securities Backoffice, Schweizerische Kreditanstalt, Zürich-Werdmühleplatz
January-June 1980 Brighton (UK); Passed the Proficiency in English language
October 1980-1982 Fixed-Income Research, Schweizerische Kreditanstalt, Zurich
February-June 1982 Nice (France); Passed the Alliance Française in French language
1982-1985 US Equity Analysis, Schweizerische Kreditanstalt, Zurich
March 1985-June 1985 Credit Suisse First Boston, New York
1985-1987 Schweizerische Kreditanstalt, Zurich; US Equity Analysis
1987-1996 Schweizerische Kreditanstalt, Zurich; Technical Analysis
1992 Promotion to “Director of Technical Research”
1996-1997 Credit Suisse First Boston, Zurich; Technical Trading Research
December 1997 Credit Suisse Private Banking, Zurich; Technical Research
Since January 2002 Member of the Credit Suisse Investment Committee
January 2006 Promotion to Managing Director

Following his studies in the fields of business administration and economics - and after a stint with Credit Suisse Baden - Rolf Bertschi began his career as a financial investment analyst in the investment department at Credit Suisse Zurich in October 1980. From 1980 to 1982, he worked as a fixed-income analyst. In 1982, Mr. Bertschi moved to the equity research group, where he carried out analyses of various US companies in several industries, ranging from utilities to electronics and defense. In 1987, he began building up the technical research group. In 1992, Mr. Bertschi was promoted to Director of Technical Research at Schweizerischen Kreditanstalt until the restructuring of the Credit Suisse Group in 1996, when he moved to Credit Suisse First Boston, supporting the sales force with technical research recommendations. Since December 1997, he has been with Credit Suisse Private Banking, where he is responsible for the banks' technical research in Zurich and Singapore and for publishing several state-of-the-art research publications. In addition, Mr. Bertschi is a frequent speaker at investment conferences in Switzerland and abroad. Since 2002 Mr. Bertschi has been a member of the Credit Suisse Investment Committee and in January 2006 was promoted as Managing Director.

See also: 02:15 pm 'Looking back into the Future'