Supervisory Board

Mr Janin was appointed Non-Executive Chairman on 24 October 2011 and has been re-elected by shareholders at each AGM thereafter. Mr Janin serves as Chairman of BGH’s Board and Nomination Committee as well as a member of BGH’s Remuneration Committee. Mr Janin also serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Bank and as a member of its Remuneration Committee, positions he has held since 2010. Upon completion of the restructuring, Mr Janin will resign as Chairman of the Bank Supervisory Board, but will continue to be a member of the Bank Supervisory Board. Mr Janin is also a member of the Supervisory Board of GHG.

Skills and experience:
Mr Janin serves as counsel to CEOs of both for-profit and non-profit organisations and continues to provide consulting services to McKinsey & Company. Prior to joining the Bank in 2010, Mr Janin was a Director of McKinsey & Company, based in its Paris office, for over 27 years, from 1982 until his retirement. At McKinsey & Company, he conducted engagements in the retail, asset management and corporate banking sectors, and was actively involved in every aspect of organisational practice, including design, leadership, governance, performance enhancement and transformation. In 2009, while serving as a member of the French Institute of Directors, Mr Janin authored a position paper on the responsibilities of the Board of Directors with regards to the design and implementation of a company’s strategy. Before joining McKinsey & Company, Mr Janin worked for Chase Manhattan Bank (now JP Morgan Chase) in New York and Paris, and Procter & Gamble in Toronto. Mr Janin has practised in Europe, Asia and North America.

Mr Janin is also a Director of Neil Janin LTD, a company through which he provides his ongoing consulting services.

Education:
Mr Janin holds an MBA from York University, Toronto, and a joint honours degree in Economics and Accounting from McGill University, Montreal.

David Morrison was appointed as the Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of BGH on 24 October 2011 and has been re-elected by shareholders at each AGM thereafter. Mr Morrison assumed the role of Chairman of the Audit Committee in December 2013, prior to which he served as a member of the Committee. Mr Morrison is also a member of BGH’s Remuneration and Nomination Committees, and serves as Vice-Chairman of the Bank’s Supervisory Board and as a member of the Bank’s Audit and Remuneration Committees, positions he has held since 2010. Mr Morrison is also a member of the Supervisory Board of GHG.

Skills and experience:
Prior to joining the Bank Supervisory Board and Board of BGH, Mr Morrison worked for 28 years at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, where he served as Managing Partner of the firm’s Continental European offices. His practice focused on advising public companies in a transactional context, from capital raisings and IPOs to mergers and acquisitions. Key banking clients he advised include Banco Espirito Santo in Portugal and Germany’s development bank, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW). He also served on the Board of Directors of KfW’s finance subsidiary for 20 years. Mr Morrison is the author of several publications on securities law-related topics, and has been recognised as a leading lawyer in Germany and France. In 2008, Mr Morrison became the Founding CEO of the Caucasus Nature Fund (CNF), a charitable trust fund dedicated to nature conservation in Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan, a position in which he continues to serve.

Education:
Mr Morrison received his undergraduate degree from Yale College, received his law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and was a Fulbright scholar at the University of Frankfurt.

Kim Bradley was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of BGH on 19 December 2013 and was elected by shareholders at the 2014 AGM. Mr Bradley serves as Chairman of the BGH Risk Committee and a member of BGH’s Audit and Nomination Committees. Mr Bradley was also appointed to the Bank Supervisory Board in December 2013. He also serves as Chairman of the newly established Bank Risk Committee and a member the Bank’s Audit Committee.

Skills and experience:
Mr Bradley retired from Goldman Sachs in early 2013, following 15 years as a professional in the Real Estate Principal Investments and Realty Management divisions, where he focused on investment in both European real estate and distressed debt. In addition to his investment activities, Mr Bradley led Goldman’s asset management affiliates in France, Italy and Germany, where he was involved in financial and tax audits as well as management of internal audit activities. He has also served as President of Societa Gestione Crediti, a member of the Board of Directors of Capitalia Service Joint Venture in Italy and Chairman of the Shareholders’ Board at Archon Capital Bank Deutschland in Germany. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he served as a Senior Executive at GE Capital for seven years in both the United States and Europe, where his activities included real estate workouts and restructuring, as well as acquisitions. Prior to GE Capital, Mr Bradley held senior executive positions at Manufacturers Hanover Trust (now part of JP Morgan) and Dollar Dry Dock Bank. He has also served as a Peace Corps volunteer and as a consultant with the US Agency for International Development in Cameroon. Mr Bradley does not hold any other directorships.

Education:
Mr Bradley holds an MA in International Affairs from the Columbia University School of International Affairs and an undergraduate degree in English Literature from the University of Arizona.

Al Breach was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of BGH on 24 October 2011 and has been re-elected by shareholders at each AGM thereafter. Mr Breach serves as Chairman of BGH’s Remuneration Committee and serves as a member of BGH’s Nomination Committee and recently established Risk Committee. Mr Breach also serves as a member of the Bank’s Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Bank’s Remuneration Committee, positions he has held since 2010, and has also been appointed to the Bank’s recently established Risk Committee.

Skills and experience:
In 2013, Mr Breach founded Gemsstock Ltd., a UK FCA-regulated fund manager, where he also serves as an executive Director. In 2010, Mr Breach founded Furka Advisors AG, a Swiss-based asset management firm and served as an executive Director until founding Gemsstock Ltd. Gemsstock Ltd. manages the Gemsstock Fund, which was previously called the Gemsstock Growth Fund and managed by Mr Breach at Furka Advisors AG. His previous career was in research in investment banks, principally in Russia. In January 2003, Mr Breach joined Brunswick UBS (later UBS Russia) as Chief Economist, and later was appointed Head of Research and Managing Director until October 2007. From 1998 to 2002, Mr Breach was a Russia and FSU (Former Soviet Union) economist at Goldman Sachs, based in Moscow. Mr Breach is also the co-founder of The Browser.com, a web-based curator of current affairs writing, established in 2008. Mr Breach serves as a director of Gemsstock Ltd., the Gemsstock Fund, The Browser and Furka Holdings AG, all of which are private entities. He is also an advisor to East Capital.

Education:
Mr Breach obtained an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Philosophy from Edinburgh University.

Tamaz Georgadze was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director of BGH on 19 December 2013 and was elected by shareholders at the 2014 AGM. Mr Georgadze serves as a member of BGH’s Risk and Nomination Committees. Mr Georgadze was also appointed to the Bank Supervisory Board in December 2013. He also serves as a member of the Bank’s newly established Risk Committee.

Skills and experience:
In 2013, Mr Georgadze founded SavingGlobal GmbH, a company which launched the first global deposit intermediation in Europe and he continues to serve as its Executive Director. Prior to founding this company, Mr Georgadze had a 10-year career at McKinsey & Company in Berlin, where he served as a Partner from 2009 to 2013. At McKinsey & Company, he conducted engagements with banks in Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Georgia and Vietnam, focusing on strategy, risk identification and management, deposit and investment products, operations and sales. Prior to joining McKinsey & Company, Mr Georgadze worked as an aide to the President of Georgia in the Foreign Relations Department from 1994 to 1995.

Save for his role at SavingGlobal GmbH, Mr Georgadze does not hold any other directorships.

Education:
Mr Georgadze holds two PhDs, one in Economics from Tbilisi State University and the other in Agricultural Economics from JustusLiebig University Gießen, Germany. Mr Georgadze also studied Law at Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen and graduated with honours.