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Doris Sommavilla
Director - Family Office
Doris is a Director within the Zurich Family Office Division. She has wide experience with UHNWIs and business families, both as a 3rd generation entrepreneur and as an advisor on governance and succession matters. Having inherited her own family business abruptly, without a succession plan, Doris is passionate about helping Next Gens facing similar challenges.
Prior to joining the Group in 2021, Doris was a Principal at Blu Family Office in the UK and worked for Pimco in Germany. She is also a Non-Executive Director of her family business in Italy where she is in charge of a Next generation project. Doris is the founder of a network of women in family business who mentor each other, conduct research and publish articles on succession diversity, they recently won the prestigious Schulze Publication Award from EIX (Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange) for their article on women in family, The Making of Successful Female Family-Enterprise Leaders. Doris has a Msc in Finance at Bocconi University, is a qualified family officer at AIFO, a member of CISI, CAIA and STEP as well as a CFA Charterholder. She is part of the CFA mentoring program where she particularly enjoys supporting women who want to transition into a new professional role or want to become entrepreneurs. Doris is involved in philanthropy with Skychildren.org where she supports projects that provide access to education to children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Prior to joining the Group in 2021, Doris was a Principal at Blu Family Office in the UK and worked for Pimco in Germany. She is also a Non-Executive Director of her family business in Italy where she is in charge of a Next generation project. Doris is the founder of a network of women in family business who mentor each other, conduct research and publish articles on succession diversity, they recently won the prestigious Schulze Publication Award from EIX (Entrepreneur & Innovation Exchange) for their article on women in family, The Making of Successful Female Family-Enterprise Leaders. Doris has a Msc in Finance at Bocconi University, is a qualified family officer at AIFO, a member of CISI, CAIA and STEP as well as a CFA Charterholder. She is part of the CFA mentoring program where she particularly enjoys supporting women who want to transition into a new professional role or want to become entrepreneurs. Doris is involved in philanthropy with Skychildren.org where she supports projects that provide access to education to children from disadvantaged backgrounds.