Board of Governors

Florindo "Fred" Volpacchio
Relationship Manager & Vice President, Credit Suisse Private Bank

Florindo "Fred" Volpacchio has a 23-year career in wealth management, having spent 17 years at the Citigroup Private Bank and 2.5 years at HSBC Private Bank. Fred is currently the Relationship Manager & Vice President with Credit Suisse Private Bank, working closely as an advisor and banker for high net worth individuals, most of whom are in art, entertainment and Wall Street. Prior to entering financial services, Fred was a university instructor in political science. He has advanced degrees from Columbia and York University, and did his undergraduate work at Vassar College. During his academic career, Fred was editor and publisher of a journal he helped co-found, New Political Science, and was an associate editor at Telos, a journal of contemporary European social theory. While at Telos, Fred interviewed Frank Zappa, which in turn led Frank to ask Fred to use his "exotic forms of economic intercourse," to help Frank with his initiatives in the newly liberated countries of Eastern Europe.