London, 5th September 2016. Bedrock, the global investment and advisory firm, today announces the appointment of Patrick Lachotzki as Head of Business Development and Managing Director of the firm’s fund management business.
Patrick joins Bedrock from BlueBay Asset Management, where he was instrumental in raising assets and building the brand across the Benelux region, Canada and the USA. Most recently he was Head of Sales European Financial institutions. He is an alumnus of the Kellogg School of Management and previously worked at Citigroup Global Markets as Assistant Vice President in its Equities department.
In his role at Bedrock, Patrick will be responsible for leading the firm’s business development strategy and building its fund business. Bedrock is committed to growing its fund business, and recently partnered with Canadian asset manager Fiera to launch the 20 UGS (UCITS) Funds Fiera Global Equity fund.
Patrick’s appointment follows a period of significant success for the business. Bedrock was recently confirmed as the third largest multifamily office in Europe*, and was awarded the “External Asset Manager” and joint “Private Investment Office/ MFO” at the Wealth Briefing Awards 2016.
Patrick will be based in in the London office. Bedrock also has offices in Geneva, Monaco, and soon in Zurich where it focuses on wealth and asset management, as well as operating as a Multi Family Office and provider of specialised IT services to the wealth management industry.
Ariel Arazi, Managing Partner of Bedrock, said:
“We are committed to attracting the best talent in the industry. Patrick brings with him a proven track record of growing assets through winning mandates and negotiating distribution partnerships. He will play a key role in Bedrock’s ambitious plans to grow its business over the coming years, whilst maintaining our commitment to exceptional client service.”
Patrick Lachotzki commented:
“This is an exciting time to be joining Bedrock as it seeks to grow the business. I look forward to expand the company´s footprint in Europe and offer our investors access to niche and innovative investment strategies that deliver consistent risk adjusted returns whilst ensuring wealth preservation.”
For more information, please contact:
Emma Kane t: +44 (0) 20 7382 4752
Redleaf Communications Email: bedrock@redleafpr.com
Notes to Editors
The richest family offices ranking, Bloomberg 2015
Bedrock is a global investment and advisory firm with offices in Geneva, London and Monaco.
Bedrock was founded in 2004 by Maurice Ephrati, David Joory, Sandy Koifman and Ariel Arazi as one of the first independent investment boutiques in the marketplace.
The team of about 100 employees and currently oversees over US$9 billion of client assets.
Bedrock established the 20UGS brand in 2013 which is a Luxembourg domiciled SICAV that currently consists of five UCITS compliant funds.
It was recently awarded “Best External Manager” and “Best Private Investment Office” at the prestigious Wealth Briefing Swiss Awards 2016 in Geneva.
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