Ross Osborn

Ross Osborn’s Biography

Ross is a highly experienced executive who advises ultra high net worth families, single and multi-family offices on all aspects of wealth management, growth and protection. His wide range of skills includes family strategy, asset management, real estate, dispute resolution, real estate development, philanthropy, simplifying complex structures, intergenerational wealth transfer, professional services firm engagement, and management.

Connecting and collaborating with prominent global families and family offices, Ross has built up an extensive network. He has over 25 years’ experience working in most international private wealth jurisdictions including London, the Channel Islands, Switzerland, Monaco, Milan, New York, Dubai, Hong Kong and Cape Town. Ross brings skills honed in senior private banking positions at Barclays and Pictet, with media experience from his tenure with the Financial Times. These are underpinned by a multi-layered financial services background with deep knowledge achieved as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte, a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of... Ross is a highly experienced executive who advises ultra high net worth families, single and multi-family offices on all aspects of wealth management, growth and protection. His wide range of skills includes family strategy, asset management, real estate, dispute resolution, real estate development, philanthropy, simplifying complex structures, intergenerational wealth transfer, professional services firm engagement, and management.

Connecting and collaborating with prominent global families and family offices, Ross has built up an extensive network. He has over 25 years’ experience working in most international private wealth jurisdictions including London, the Channel Islands, Switzerland, Monaco, Milan, New York, Dubai, Hong Kong and Cape Town. Ross brings skills honed in senior private banking positions at Barclays and Pictet, with media experience from his tenure with the Financial Times. These are underpinned by a multi-layered financial services background with deep knowledge achieved as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte, a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment, and as a director of his own family’s investment company.

Ross serves as a family council member for an Asian-based Single Family office, and also acts as an external advisor to Heritage Holdings, where an elite group of family offices and entrepreneurs invest in top-performing alternative assets, co-founded by The Ferragamo family.

Ross is also an advisor to a UK-based venture firm capitalising on the digital transition in sport and its adjacent sectors.

He loves travel, exploring different cultures, and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. READ MORE VIEW LESS

Ross Osborn’s Background

Ultra High Net Worth Family Advisor

Advisor

Oct 2021 - Present

Geneva, CH

Ross advises UHNW families globally on governance, dispute resolution, complex situations, wealth creation, wealth preservation, inter-generational wealth transfer and planning.

Asian Single Family Office

Family Council Member

Jan 2021 - Present

Hong Kong, HK

Heritage Holdings

External Advisor

May 2025 - Present

Milan, IT

A technology-enabled investment platform co-founded by the Ferragamo family and a global network of families and entrepreneurs.

Airstream Capital

External Advisor

Sep 2022 - Present

London, UK

Airstream Capital is a UK-based venture firm investing in a portfolio of highly scalable companies that are well-positioned to capitalise on the digital transition in sport and its adjacent sectors.

Pictet Wealth Management

Executive Director

Sep 2016 - Sep 2021

Geneva, CH

The Pictet Group is a global private bank and financial services corporation, founded more than two centuries ago in Switzerland. Pictet Wealth Management offers exclusive banking as well as family-office facilities for high-net-worth individuals.

Barclays PLC

Director

Feb 2007 - Aug 2016

Barclays is a British multinational universal bank with a significant global presence. It offers a wide range of financial services, including retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, and wealth management, with operations in 38 countries. During his time at Barclays, Ross operated in the following jurisdictions: Geneva CH, London UK, Dubai AE, and Johannesburg ZA.

Financial Times

Business Development Manager | Head of Sales, Managed Fund Service

May 2000 - Jan 2006

London, UK

The Financial Times (FT) is an esteemed British daily newspaper that specialises in business, economic, and financial news and analysis and is globally respected for its authority, integrity, and accuracy in journalism. Since 2015, the publication is part of Nikkei Inc., an organisation providing the international business network with information, news and services.

Deloitte

Manager & Chartered Accountant

Jan 1995 - Aug 1998

Ross completed his articles while working for Deloitte South Africa, with a short-term secondment to Deloitte's New York Office, and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1997. His tenure at Deloitte focused on working with owner-managed businesses and financial services firms.

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Board Positions

Deerhurst Pty Ltd

Director, Private Family Investment Company

Sep 2021 - Present

Cape Town, ZA

Nordic Blue

Board Member

Dec 2024 - Present

Nordic Blue is an independent firm with offices in Gibraltar, Singapore and Hong Kong providing consulting services to high net worth individuals in the categories of multi-jurisdictional tax and private client office advisory.