Michelle C. Furnari is an international financial architect with over 28 years of experience in private banking, cross-border structuring, and capital advisory. She has lived and worked globally, including 20 years in Switzerland, 5 years in Argentina, 4 years in Dubai, and time in the United States, bringing deep international expertise to the development of private banks and regulated financial institutions.

Her career includes senior roles at leading Swiss private banks such as Citibank Private Bank (Switzerland), BSI (Switzerland), and Baring Brothers (Switzerland), where she specialized in wealth structuring, estate planning, and international client operations. She has been actively involved in the formation, capitalization, and governance of financial entities across multiple jurisdictions.

Michelle’s expertise spans regulatory coordination, capital formation, correspondent banking strategy, risk management, and compliance with AML/KYC, CRS, and FATCA standards. Fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Italian, she focuses on building transparent, well-governed banking platforms that ensure asset protection and long-term institutional sustainability.