Etienne became the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Forum Finance when he stepped down as CEO in 2022. Etienne took on the role of CEO in 2009, having been a Managing Partner since 2003. He joined Forum Finance in 2000, following a 20 year long career as a private banker and investment banker at Pictet & Cie, UBS and Merrill Lynch in Geneva, London and New York, respectively.